COMM1020 Lecture Notes - Federal Radio Commission, Federal Communications Commission
Document Summary
Levels of analysis: media people, media organizations, media industries, media as an institution. Media industries, media institutions: mandate = regulatory system, set of laws within which media are made, usa works largely under the commercial mandate, media institutions are organized by economic systems. Operated for profits: owned by corporations, public mandate, operated for the public good (not for profit, owned by the people (i. e. the government, ideal media as cultural uplift . Local radio stations, newspapers, etc: broadcasting in britain, non-profit, owned by the government. Giving the public what it ought to have : centralized head of broadcasting/bbc located in london that organized principles and what would be broadcasted. Key historical moments, 1900-1920s: moving from print to electronic culture, pre-wwi (1905-1917, wireless communication technology invented and developed. Mostly used by shipping companies and amateur radio operators: during wwi (1917-1918, radio came under the navy control.
