TY - JOUR
T1 - A Historical Comparison of the Social Origins of Broadcasting Policy, 1896–1920
AU - Ashley, Seth
PY - 2014/4/29
Y1 - 2014/4/29
N2 - Using the United States and Great Britain as a comparative case study, this article employs a historical framework to consider the broad array of social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that led to divergent outcomes in the early development of broadcasting policy. This comparative historical analysis reveals the causal chains formed before the 1920s despite a period of post-war contingency. As a policy option, government control was removed in the United States but stayed in place in Britain after the war. This comparative approach can help to explain policy outcomes and inform modern policy debates.
AB - Using the United States and Great Britain as a comparative case study, this article employs a historical framework to consider the broad array of social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that led to divergent outcomes in the early development of broadcasting policy. This comparative historical analysis reveals the causal chains formed before the 1920s despite a period of post-war contingency. As a policy option, government control was removed in the United States but stayed in place in Britain after the war. This comparative approach can help to explain policy outcomes and inform modern policy debates.
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/communication_facpubs/81
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899750835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19376529.2014.891210
DO - 10.1080/19376529.2014.891210
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 134
EP - 148
JO - Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations
JF - Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations
IS - 1
ER -