Broadcasting from Jourcomm Books

Derived from a wide-ranging report on TV and social behavior, this volume summarizes the evidence about the medium's effects on aggression. Much of it focuses on children. Owner's name in ink, otherwise no marks; cover lightly scuffed.

Vol. 1 - Summary Report; Vol. 2 - Technical Reviews. Extensive updates of earlier studies. Corners slightly bumped; owner's name lightly penciled.

Publishing data and thumbnail histories of fan magazines and industry journals, as well as a few scholarly periodicals, that cover film, radio, television. Like new except for owner's purchase info lightly penciled.

On the selection and production of news for the BBC based on the observations of the author, a sociologist, in the newsroom Like new except for owner's lightly penciled info.

Murrow broadcast from Europe to the United States about the impending war and then its outbreak; well-known for live shortwave broadcasts from London during the Blitz. Like new except for lightly penciled owner's info.

Whose public interest? Whose news? Government regulation or self-regulation? These are some of the questions addressed. No marks in text other than owner's lightly penciled purchase info. Pages toned at edges.

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A report about prospects for cable in the greater Cincinnati area just as it begins carrying an increasing variety of content. Ex-lib with call number printed on front cover and card pocket in back. No marks other than owner's lightly penciled information.

Three Pacifica Foundation radio stations provided controversial alternative content long before it spread elsewhere. Tight copy with no marks.

Ad industry testimony aimed to derail proposed new rules for advertising. Clean text; owner's name in ink, plus original price stamped in ink.

A look at the communication revolution as it began to take off in the 1970s. Tight, no marks except one name in ink and another lightly penciled. DJ has one tear on spine.

A look at the delivery to home and office of electronic text when the technology was in its infancy. Corners bumped; one name in ink.

Critique of broadcasters' failure to honor their obligation to the public interest. Minnow famously called TV a "Vast Wasteland" in a 1961 speech. No marks other than owner's lightly penciled name and a price written in red pencil.

Scuffed cover; owner's name lightly penciled; a few pencil marks in text;

Focuses on FCC policy and corporate control of TV, as well as U.S. multinational expansion in broadcasting. Tight, no marks in text other than owner's lightly penciled purchase info; black market ink on fore edge

Maneuvers by the electronics industry and telephone industry to shape early radio broadcasting. Tight, clean, with discoloration of endpages; marker obscured name or price on ffep; small price tag residue on cover. No marks in text.

Good overview of how policy makers use social science research, especially in the debate over possible restrictions on TV violence. Book is like new except for lightly penciled purchase info of owner inside cover.

Good insights at a time when cable TV was emerging as major competitor to broadcast TV. Except for name and purchase info on inside cover and ffep, no marks in text; corners bumped.

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Analyzes the arguments that arose in connection with communication innovations -- motion pictures, radio, and tv -- found in the popular press. Book is like new; owner's purchase info lightly penciled inside cover.