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S5E11: Gashed Hull: Broadcast Democracy: Markus Prior

Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig

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The Rise and Impact of Broadcast Television

In this chapter, they discuss the concept of 'broadcast democracy' from the middle part of the 20th century until about 1985. They explore the start of broadcast television from radio, the introduction of the first local stations, and the initial impact of the medium. The chapter also mentions the challenges in determining what content was on television back then and questions whether the FCC studied the content people were actually seeing.

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