04:189:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jesse Thorn, Local Community Radio Act, Fred Rogers

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:102
• Professor: Thelandersson

Document Summary

Public broadcasting, community media, & low power fm. Non-commercial media: public broadcasting, community media, & lower power fm = non-commercial media, ethnic media = not so much non-commercial, or at least not always. Fred rogers: a truly radical broadcaster, senate - 1969 appearance. What is public media: public media is a non-commercial (networked) system of independently affiliated local public radio and television stations, stations can choose, npr and pbs - 1st non-commercial media networks in the us. Public media: the public interest & the creation of public media systems, retro: 1927, public broadcasting act of 1967, corporation for public broadcasting: It is in the public interest to encouragethe use of such media for instructional, educational, and cultural purposes . It is in the public interestunserved and underserved audiences, particularly children and minorities . Public media reach: over 90% of the u. s. population, npr - 99 million/month.