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Global Broadcasting Systems (1996) provides a comprehensive look at
broadcasting throughout the world. It covers every continent,
region and almost every country in North and South America, Europe,
Africa, Asia and Oceania. Within each geographical area, it
presents the history, key issues, trends and status of broadcasting
facilities and penetration; the control, regulation and management
of networks and stations by government, domestic and foreign
industry and the public; the financing of broadcasting systems;
programming types and trends, including foreign imports; media
freedom and censorship; and external radio and television services
from other countries. The book discusses how new technology and
political, social and economic factors influence the global media,
and shows how increasing privatization has changed patterns of
control and access.
Broadcast Voice Performance (1989) incorporates the insights and
experience of more than 100 successful practising voice performers
to succinctly and realistically examine the techniques, equipment
and criteria of announcing within the context of major types of
radio and television productions and programming formats.
This book is both a retrospective history of the gay community's
use of electronic media as a way of networking and creating a sense
of community, and an examination of the current situation, an
analysis and critical assessment of gay/lesbian electronic media.
Keith and Johnson use original interviews and oral history to
delineate the place of electronic media in the lives of this
increasingly visible and vocal minority in America.
Includes interviews with such well known personalities as Walter
Cronkite, Dick Clark, Steve Allen, Art Linkletter, Paul Harvey,
Howard K. Smith, Ed McMahon, Bruce Morrow, as well as more than
fifty other individuals who were or continue to be actively
involved in radio.
A highly eclectic form of broadcasting in the United States today,
by any standard, is low-power television (LPTV). Not an
insignificant blip in the industry, there are more LPTV stations
licensed than there are full-power television stations. LPTV offers
true local and community programming to millions of viewers.
Because it fills gaps left by both full-power television and cable,
LPTV tends to serve outlying communities, disenfranchised urban
groups, and others who have no other way to get their messages out,
stay connected, or receive video programs that meet their special
interests and needs. In this, the first book devoted entirely to
LPTV, the authors tell the complete story of this unique and
important medium from its inception to the formidable challenges it
faces today and its potential for tomorrow.
The airwaves in America are being used by armed militias,
conspiracy theorists, survivalists, the religious right, white
supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other radical groups to reach millions
with their messages of hate and fear. Waves of Rancor examines the
origin, nature, and impact of right-wing electronic media,
including radio, television, cable, the internet, and even music
CDs.
By any standards, the most eclectic form of broadcasting in the
U.S. today is called low-power television (LPTV). Not an
insignificant blip in the industry, LPTV offers true local and
community programming to tens of thousands of U.S. viewers. Because
it can go where the cable industry doesn't go, LPTV tends to serve
either outlying rural communities or disenfranchised communities
such as gangs and new immigrant groups who have no other way to
stay connected. One trend Keith notes is the proliferation of
stations in the Northwest owned by right-wing, militia, or
Christian fundamentalist groups that broadcast to their select
audience of like-minded fringe groups.
This is the first book available that tells the complete story
of this unique and powerful movement from its inception to the
formidable challenges it faces today.
The more that media and advertising bombard consumers with
messages, the more consumers find ways to filter out everything
except for what interests them as individuals. What are the
consequences -- for individuals and society -- of this trend?
Media consultant Ed Shane convincingly demonstrates that we are
moving from a society in which the mass media created a sense of
connection among individuals to one in which the media now foster a
"self-editing" consumer who filters out collective experience and
universal knowledge, the organizational benchmarks of culture. As a
result, he foresees an uncivil society composed of inwardly focused
citizens with little or no ability to learn from historical
experience.
The more that media and advertising bombard consumers with
messages, the more consumers find ways to filter out everything
except for what interests them as individuals. What are the
consequences -- for individuals and society -- of this trend?
Media consultant Ed Shane convincingly demonstrates that we are
moving from a society in which the mass media created a sense of
connection among individuals to one in which the media now foster a
"self-editing" consumer who filters out collective experience and
universal knowledge, the organizational benchmarks of culture. As a
result, he foresees an uncivil society composed of inwardly focused
citizens with little or no ability to learn from historical
experience.
The Broadcast Century and Beyond is a popular history of the most
influential and innovative industry of the century. The story of
broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending
personal insight and authoritative scholarship. The book vividly
depicts the events, people, programs, & companies that made
television & radio dominant forms of communication. This
edition includes coverage of the technologies that have emerged
over the past decade & discusses the profound impact they have
had on the broadcasting industry in political, social, &
economic spheres. The industry has been completely revolutionized
with the advent of YouTube, podcasting, iphones, etc., and the
authors discuss the impact on broadcasting. New sidebars scattered
throughout the book showcase the intersections of broadcast
history, & colors these events through a social, cultural,
& political lens.
The Broadcast Century and Beyond is a popular history of the most
influential and innovative industry of the century. The story of
broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending
personal insight and authoritative scholarship. The book vividly
depicts the events, people, programs, & companies that made
television & radio dominant forms of communication. This
edition includes coverage of the technologies that have emerged
over the past decade & discusses the profound impact they have
had on the broadcasting industry in political, social, &
economic spheres. The industry has been completely revolutionized
with the advent of YouTube, podcasting, iphones, etc., and the
authors discuss the impact on broadcasting. New sidebars scattered
throughout the book showcase the intersections of broadcast
history, & colors these events through a social, cultural,
& political lens.
This book covers personalities, policies, and programming.When it
first appeared in the 1930s, FM radio was a technological marvel,
providing better sound and nearly eliminating the static that
plagued AM stations. It took another forty years, however, for FM's
popularity to surpass that of AM. In ""Sounds of Change"",
Christopher Sterling and Michael Keith detail the history of FM,
from its inception to its dominance (for now, at least) of the
airwaves.Initially, FM's identity as a separate service was
stifled, since most FM outlets were AM-owned and simply simulcast
AM programming and advertising. A wartime hiatus followed by the
rise of television precipitated the failure of hundreds of FM
stations. As Sterling and Keith explain, the 1960s brought FCC
regulations allowing stereo transmission and requiring FM programs
to differ from those broadcast on co-owned AM stations. Forced
nonduplication led some FM stations to branch out into experimental
programming, which attracted the counterculture movement, minority
groups, and noncommercial public and college radio.By 1979,
mainstream commercial FM was finally reaching larger audiences than
AM. The story of FM since 1980, the authors say, is the story of
radio, especially in its many musical formats. But trouble looms.
Sterling and Keith conclude by looking ahead to the age of digital
radio - which includes satellite and internet stations as well as
terrestrial stations - suggesting that FM's decline will be partly
a result of self-inflicted wounds - bland programming, excessive
advertising, and little variety.
A short story collection from Michael C. Keith, master of the near
normal and bizarre.
Michael C. Keith's ferocious imagination has been in overdrive, as
usual, and the result is his latest book, The Collector of Tears.
Each story is like being the passenger in a speeding car driven by
a brilliant mad man; an elegant ride, but you don't know where he's
taking you "Boston Literary Magazine"
About the Author:
Michael C. Keith is the author of more than 20 books on electronic
media, among them "Talking Radio, Voices in the Purple Haze, Radio
Cultures, Signals in the Air, and the classic textbook The Radio
Station (now Keith s Radio Station). "The recipient of numerous
awards in the academic field, he is also the author of dozens of
articles and short stories and has served in a variety of editorial
positions. In addition, he is the author of an acclaimed memoir
"The Next Better Place "(screenplay co-written with Cetywa Powell),
a young adult novel "Life is Falling Sideways, and six story
collections Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And
Through the Trembling Air, Hoag s Object, and The Collector of
Tears." He has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and a
PEN/O.Henry Award and was a finalist for the National Indie
Excellence Award for short fiction anthology and a finalist for the
2013 International Book Award in the Fiction Visionary category.
www.michaelckeith.com"
...a wife discovers her spouse does not always cry wolf, a son
finds his father's seemingly odd behavior is anything but, a raging
sea delivers a young woman's fantasy lover, an inexplicable event
disrupts life on the planet, a long-perished civil rights activist
saves a young man from humiliation, and visitors from another world
wreak havoc by curing all earthly ills. These and other stories in
EVERYTHING IS EPIC continue the unique themes Michael C. Keith has
established in previous books of acclaimed fiction.
""From the relentlessly restless imagination of Michael C. Keith
comes his latest collection, EVERYTHING IS EPIC. With his usual
outrageous characters, poignant storylines, and exceptional
writing, Keith has once again earned his place as one of our very
favorite writers."" Robin Statton, BOSTON LITERARY MAGAZINE
""Michael C. Keith is one of a handful of working writers who
has the ability to locate the precise point of psychological
discomfort in his characters. In fact, Keith works in a far more
interesting genre -- not books of terror or tedious stories of
vampires and zombies, but stories of ordinary people whose lives
are touched by what is fearsome and macabre, people like us who
live, always, under the shadow of forces that undercut our
complacency and show what life really is -- a losing negotiation
with chaos.""George Ovitt, author of THE SNOWMAN
A student creates a wave gun to avenge his father's death, a GPS
leads a man down the road to an unpleasant past, a boy makes tar
bubbles to rescue his drowning mother, a destructive act against an
ageless light bulb causes global disaster, a life altering gift
from aliens goes terribly awry, a contaminated lake protects and
transforms a family, and a horticulturist inadvertently grows
something monstrous. These and two-dozen other fascinating tales
will take you to places both extraordinary and exhilarating.
A child is declared dead but her parents believe otherwise, a
teenage boy is hunted for his precious body parts, a professor
violates his own code of ethics for fame, an abandoned house wreaks
havoc on a neighborhood family, an incinerated reptile mentors a
human being, a deceased mother confronts her son to right a wrong,
an elderly couple scheme to cheat the grim reaper, and a widow
struggles with the weeping photograph of a girl whose death she has
witnessed. These are a few of the unusual themes in this strange
and compelling collection by this consummate storyteller.
Radio Cultures examines the manifold ways in which radio has
influenced the nation's social and cultural environment since its
inception nearly a century ago. Written by leading scholars in the
field, chapters address a wide range of topics, including how this
powerful medium has impacted and affected non-mainstream segments
of the population throughout its history and how these repressed
and neglected groups have employed radio to counter and overcome
discrimination and bias. The use of the audio medium for political,
economic, and religious purposes is comprehensively probed and
analyzed in this insightful and innovative volume.
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