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    the nation. Their idea is to treat people like citizens and not as consumers. On the Public Broadcasting Service website, it describes how their take on the news is quite different from other stations. They believe that they are "America's largest classroom, the Nation's largest stage, and a trusted window to the world" (2016). I am going to describe in the following paper the background of the Public Broadcasting Service, how their view is different than corporate giants, and what type of future

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    Talk Radio Censorship

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    without some type of notification that it is going on or is inappropriate for children or just in general. The censorship of talk radio has become a large issue with broadcasters having “special rights” during airing, “special rights” meaning broadcasting openly about any topic, and this could be solved by not giving people who broadcast stations this power. The FCC has been monitoring large radio stations throughout the country for a long time now. This organization is a seven part group which

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    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

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    Strategy, through the implementation of its estate programme. 1. INTRODUCTION (335) The British Broadcasting Corporation also known as the BBC, is one of the oldest public broadcasting companies in the world. Funding its operation mainly through licence fees paid by the public (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2016), the BBC and its Trust have the responsibility of spending public funds efficiently and ensuring public value and appeal (BBC Trust, 2016). Throughout its history the BBC has attempted to become

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    Government Bureaucracies

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    are often delegated to various corporations and agencies. Whenever a policy or a program is created by the federal government, they depend upon the different bureaucracies to monitor it (Thisnation.com). The bureaucrats are often prescribed strict guidelines, by congress regarding the implementation of the new laws, and programs (Thisnation.com). There are four main bureaucracies within the United States, which includes: independent agencies, government corporations, departments, and independent regulatory

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    Broadcasting the Nation – How do Fox News’ beliefs and ideologies compare to those of the BBC? News broadcasting primarily aims to provide the public with updates on global, national, regional and local news events. Today, news broadcasting is a huge industry, especially in Western societies, worth billions of dollars. Each country typically has several news broadcasting channels. The U.S has a more diverse number of news broadcasting channels than anywhere else in the world, with global franchises

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    with subliminal advertising and commercialization of public events and individual promotion such in communication websites. However, there is great debate over propaganda and persuasion that is casted in the media, which I will be elaborating in this essay. The capital, compounds power over people for personal gain, involving their time in greater production and reproduction aiming towards the public. This happens in order to persuade the public leading them to the promotion of desire on purchasing

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    quarantines of those who were in close contact with Ebola patients during the recent outbreak of the disease. The quarantines were in effect because the people in question may have contracted the disease and may be in the incubation period (British Broadcasting Corporation, 2014). Under Mill’s Harm Principle, a forced quarantine on these people would be the right thing to do, as it would restrict the quarantined person’s autonomy but ultimately reduce the risk of them causing harm to others by passing on the

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    White Television History

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    pictures,” public reaction to the arrival of TV was strikingly different from that afforded the advent of radio”(Thompson). Television start was in 1948 to 1959 which was termed The Golden Age due to the fact that there was advances in technology and was considered a period of higher quality “Until the fall of 1948, regularly scheduled programming on the four networks—the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS; later CBS Corporation), the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC)

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    Not only is the interest of the owners of large companies pushed out to the public, but also the interest of the companies who pay these media companies in advertising to citizens to sell their goods. Advertising is an important influence in what the public sees in media and has a direct influence on the public’s interest in the product (Rinallo, Basuray; 2009). Companies such as Nike and Coca-Cola can pay networks such as ABC and FOX large sums of money to advertise their companies through their

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