The battle over the fcc blue book: Determining the role of broadcast media in a democratic society, 1945-8

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-191

  Pickard, Victor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1940s media history; Blue Book; Federal Communications Commission; media policy; media reform; radio broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953040732     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443710385504     Document Type: Article

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