W. A. K. Huff

Regulating the Future (eBook, PDF)

Broadcasting Technology and Governmental Control

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive study examines the case of AM stereo and subsequent technologies to demonstrate the FCC's evolution from stern to reluctant regulator. It also examines emerging technologies, such as multichannel television sound, digital audio broadcasting, and high definition television, and discusses their impact on the evolution of broadcast regulation. In the 1980s the tension between governmental control and the marketplace resulted in the FCC's deregulation of TV and radio, electing to set only technical operating parameters and allowing legal operation of any system that meets those minimal standards. Huff argues that this approach is likely to influence regulatory approaches to other new developments in broadcast technologies. The extensive overview of the industry and the study of the interrelationships between the technologies will appeal to communication scholars in the fields of radio and television as well as interest industry professionals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313000607
• Artikelnr.: 68528159

Autorenporträt

W.A. KELLY HUFF is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication at Truett-McConnell College. He is the author of more than 70 publications and papers on communication, electronic media, and journalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Introduction Learning from Broadcasting's Past AM Stereo
and the Marketplace AM Stereo: The Wrath of Kahn Digital Audio
Broadcasting: A New Kind of Radio Border to Border DAB Advanced Television
from HDTV to DTV The Grand Alliance and the Introduction of DTV The FCC's
Changing Regulatory Role Bibliography Index