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for Public Broadcasting (CPB). In doing so, first we will explore several facets of this issue including first the cost of funding from both a governmental and taxpayer perspective. Secondly, understanding the services provided and the audience served is integral in this discussion. Lastly, we will consider government’s role in media and education. The conversation, however, must start with the history, values, and goals of this organization. It was The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (Public Broadcasting

The concept of American public broadcasting: promoting diversity in TV and Radio The purpose of this paper is to re-evaluate the history of American public broadcasting. Particularly this paper focuses on an important female political figure and two organizations that contributed to build the foundation of American public broadcasting. Analyzing each of their roles in building the principle of public broadcasting in the U.S. provides insights by which to consider the basics of media industries

Policy and Representation at National Public Radio (“NPR”) and recent appointee to the Board of Managers for National Public Media. The proposed Op-Ed details funding concerns for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“CPB”) in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018 (“FY 2018”), the ripple effects from which could have dire impacts on NPR’s operating budget. This subject should resonate with Riksen, whose concerns about public media funding are well documented

Broadcasting has evolved over many years, and digital technology is reshaping broadcasting in the United States. As people discover new things and create new technologies, they become better and greater. Over the years digital technology has made broadcasting a quicker and modernized process. Whether it is recording with faster operational cameras or editing with easy and simple software. Also, broadcasting has become a major gateway of entertainment and has been for years. In the early developments

technological restrictions have placed the broadcasting of news and information in the sole hands of the corporate elite and governments. The general public were acquiring their knowledge of current affairs across the world mostly through print based newspapers, magazines and billboards. These mediums are intrinsically expensive to buy and run and as such, only the very richest of society could afford to use them, thereby controlling what the general public saw and understood about events throughout

Evolution of the Act Communication was regulated in the Unites States Since the Radio Act of 1912. Most of the military, entertainment and police applications required their signal to reach desired destinations without interference. Therefore the Radio Act 1912 established a Commission to resolve issues that occurred while communicating. The Radio Act of 1927 was the first official attempt by the U.S government at a comprehensive legislation for radio communications. As the complexities started

around four stories kept on a reel, were widely produced across Western countries between approximately 1910 and 1967 (Boyer, 2015). In this time, news corporations were founded and developed, and while this brought new possibilities to broadcasting and documenting information, there were multiple limitations including cumbersome equipment and censorship (Aspects of Britain; Broadcasting, 1993). This time also saw several important historic events, such as the Great War later known as World War One

and early 1950s. A fierce battle was fought between those seeking to commercialize the radio and people who argued that the radio spectrum should be considered a part of the commons – to be used only non-commercially and for the public good. The United Kingdom pursued a public funding model

Education for having segregated schools since it went against the Equal Arshad, Campos, Lopez, Palo 2 Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which made segregation illegal. Eventually, the Supreme Court came to the conclusion that separate public facilities were “inherently unequal” (McBride 1). Brown vs. Board challenged and signaled the end of Jim Crow and “separate but equal” clause. Politicians

INTRODUCTION Copyright holders are given a property right to their work according to section 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988). Thus the right holders are given an exclusive right to their work. Anyone who carries out an act, which is exclusive to the right holders, without obtaining their permission prior to the act, infringes on the copyright holders proprietary rights. A lot of people have been taking advantage of the internet for the commission of copyright infringement