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NPR : the trials and triumphs of National Public Radio
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ISBN: 0231121601 0231509952 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press,

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The people who shaped America's public broadcasting system thought it should be "a civilized voice in a civilized community"-a clear alternative to commercial broadcasting. This book tells the story of how NPR has tried to embody this idea. Michael P. McCauley describes NPR's evolution from virtual obscurity in the early 1970's, when it was riddled with difficulties-political battles, unseasoned leadership, funding problems-to a first-rate broadcast organization. The book draws on a wealth of primary evidence, including fifty-seven interviews with people who have been central to the NPR story, and it places the network within the historical context of the wider U.S. radio industry. Since the late 1970's, NPR has worked hard to understand the characteristics of its audience. Because of this, its content is now targeted toward its most loyal listeners-highly educated baby-boomers, for the most part-who help support their local stations through pledges and fund drives.

Conflicting communication interests in America
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ISBN: 0275963586 0313003262 9780313003264 9780275963583 9798400630491 Year: 1999 Publisher: Westport, Conn.

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A discussion of National Public Radio in America and its prospects for survival and success. Beginning with a description of events that led to the creation of NPR, it examines the relationship between NPR and its affiliate stations and how the struggles over funding have affected its agenda.


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The history and politics of public radio : a comprehensive analysis of taxpayer-financed US broadcasting
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ISBN: 3030800199 3030800180 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,


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Radio's Second Century : Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

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One of the first books to examine the status of broadcasting on its one hundredth anniversary, Radio’s Second Century investigates both vanguard and perennial topics relevant to radio’s past, present, and future. As the radio industry enters its second century of existence, it continues to be a dominant mass medium with almost total listenership saturation despite rapid technological advancements that provide alternatives for consumers. Lasting influences such as on-air personalities, audience behavior, fan relationships, and localism are analyzed as well as contemporary issues including social and digital media. Other essays examine the regulatory concerns that continue to exist for public radio, commercial radio, and community radio, and discuss the hindrances and challenges posed by government regulation with an emphasis on both American and international perspectives. Radio’s impact on cultural hegemony through creative programming content in the areas of religion, ethnic inclusivity, and gender parity is also explored. Taken together, this volume compromises a meaningful insight into the broadcast industry’s continuing power to inform and entertain listeners around the world via its oldest mass medium--radio.

Governmental transparency in the path of administrative reform
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ISBN: 0791480208 1429471573 9781429471572 0791470857 9780791470855 9780791480205 9780791470862 Year: 2007 Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press,

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The consequences of governmental reform are not always intended. In this book, Suzanne J. Piotrowski examines how federal management reforms associated with the National Performance Review have affected, and are still affecting, implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The intersection of the New Public Management movement and the implementation of the U.S. federal government's transparency policy is, she argues, a clear example of unforeseen outcomes. Particular attention is paid to performance management, customer service, and contracting out initiatives, as well as to unintended consequences and their future implications for public administration scholars, practitioners, and reformers.


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Drop that knowledge
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ISBN: 1282556177 9786612556173 052094545X 9780520945456 0520250214 9780520250215 0520260872 9780520260870 9780520250215 9780520260870 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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This is the first book to take us inside Youth Radio for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at a unique, Peabody Award-winning organization that produces distinctive content for outlets from National Public Radio to YouTube. Young people come to Youth Radio, headquartered in Oakland, California, from under-resourced public schools and neighborhoods in order to produce media that will transform both their own lives and the world around them. Drop That Knowledge weaves their compelling personal stories into a fresh framework for understanding the relationship between media, learning, and youth culture at a moment when all three spheres are undergoing dramatic change. The book emphasizes what is innovative and exciting in youth culture and offers concrete strategies for engaging and collaborating with diverse groups of young people on real-world initiatives in a range of settings, online and in real life.


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Molecular Basis of Cardiovascular Diseases: Implications of Natriuretic Peptides
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ISBN: 3039215833 3039215825 Year: 2019 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The natriuretic peptides (NPs) family includes a class of hormones and their receptors needed for the physiological control of cardiovascular functions. The discovery of NPs provided a fundamental contribution into our understanding of the physiological regulation of blood pressure, and of heart and kidney functions. NPs have also been implicated in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, and stroke. A fine comprehension of the molecular mechanisms dependent from NPs and underlying the promotion of cardiovascular damage has contributed to improve our understanding of the molecular basis of all major CVDs. Finally, the opportunity to target NPs in order to develop new therapeutic tools for a better treatment of CVDs has been developed over the years. The current Special Issue of the Journal covers all major aspects of the molecular implications of NPs in physiology and pathology of the cardiovascular system, including NP-based therapeutic approaches.


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Racialized media : the design, delivery, and decoding of race and ethnicity
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ISBN: 1479807826 Year: 2020 Publisher: New York : New York University Press,

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From Black Panther to #OscarsSoWhite, the concept of 'race,' and how it is represented in media, has continued to attract attention in the public eye. In 'Racialized Media', Matthew W. Hughey, Emma Gonzalez-Lesser and the contributors to this important new collection of original essays provide a blueprint to this new, ever-changing media landscape.

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