Freedom of the Air and the Public Interest
Subtitle: First Amendment Rights in Broadcasting to 1935
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: June 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780809323678
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Communications law; Constitutional & administrative law; History of specific subjects; Radio; Radio & television industry; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Law; Freedom of speech; Language Arts & Disciplines; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Radio - History & Criticism; USA; Law and legislation; Constitutional - First Amendment; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); Performing Arts / Radio / History & Criticism; Communication; 20th century; History; United States
Description: "A study of freedom of expression rights in electronic media from the 1920s through the mid-1930s, Louise M. Benjamin's Freedom of the Air and the Public Interest: First Amendment Rights in Broadcasting to 1935 examines the evolution of free speech rights in early radio." "Drawing on primary resources from sixteen archives plus contemporary secondary sources, Benjamin analyzes interactions among the players involved and argues that First Amendment rights in radio evolved in the 1920s and 1930s through the interaction of many entities having social, political, or economic interests in radio. She shows how free speech and First Amendment rights were defined and perceived up to 1935"--Jacket.