Community Television in the United States: A Sourcebook on Public, Educational, and Governmental Access

by Linda K. Fuller

Overview

At last, a collection in one volume informing the citizenry about a phenomenon that has existed for nearly a quarter century: community television represents our single source for media access in the United States. With more than 2,000 community groups providing some 15,000 hours of original programming each week—more than the annual output of ABC, CBS, and NBC combined—Community Television compares and contrasts broadcasting and grassroots cablecasting in the form of public, educational, and government (PEG) access. Fuller describes community television in terms of its history, its technical characteristics, and its legal, economic, political, and social concerns, highlighting the work of more than 150 related organizations and local television efforts from 100 cities and towns. She analyzes how competing exigencies and emerging communication technologies might threaten access in the future. Students, scholars, and professionals in television, communications, and public policy will find this reference a definitive one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313286018
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/27/1994
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1610L (what's this?)

About the Author

Linda K. Fuller, PhD, is professor of communications at Worcester State College. She is the author/(co-) editor of more than 20 books, including The Cosby Show (1992), Community TV in the U.S. (1994), and Dictionary of Quotations in Communications (1997). Awarded Fulbright scholarships to teach in Singapore in 1996 and do AIDS research Senegal in 2002, she has also been a Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Considerations on the Promises and Problems of Community Television
Related Organizations and Individuals
Programming
Production and Producers
Examples of Community Television
Implications and Predictions for Community Television
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Compares and contrasts broadcasting and grassroots cablecasting in the form of public, educational, and government access. Fuller describes community television in terms of its history, its technical characteristics, and its legal, economic, political, and social concerns, highlighting the work of some 150 related organizations and local television efforts from 100 cities and towns. She analyzes how competing exigencies and emerging communication technologies might threaten access in the future. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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