The Public Voice of Radio Flashcards
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Title Slide
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The Public Voice of Radio
By John Durham Peters
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Slide 2: Summary
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With the approach of the Interstate Commerce act, ICC, The Mann-Elkins Act & Transportation Act - radio signal was a concern regarding confidentiality & who was listening in.
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Slide 3: Major Arguments
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- Omnipresent quality of radio signal a defect, saying(more or less to me, complaining) that dialogue was a legitimate form of communication.
- Radio telephone messages can never be a secret due to the inability to bar unintended recipients - that confidentiality part I mentions in the beginning
- The discovery of radio became as an agency of broadcast – household music box, said David Sarnoff
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Slide 3: Major Arguments Cont.
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- With that being said, he viewed as an opportunity VS an obstacle - now realize what could be the main purpose of new technology
- Radio a common carrier or something else? Common carraige a category that included shipping lines, elevators, & railroads; gave ICC jurisdiction over common carriers - ceded as ‘natural monopoly’ - need steve’s help
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Slide 4: Major Arguments Cont.
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- Broadcasting lacked “the boy in the blue uniform who rang the door bell and brings the msg itself”; Saw that broadcasting made no effort to ensure delivery.
- Broadcasting - deformed communication circuit since transmission of intelligence was left to chance - needing to set up properly attuned.
- FCC comes in w/ Comm act of 1934: deemed person engaged in radio broadcasting not common carrier; BUT careful what you say or you’ll answer to FCC.
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Slide 5: Questions
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- ) How could we have approached the ‘party line’ issue? When the goal was a person-to-person connection
- ) Do you agree with Hoover’s means, being against the wireless person-to-person contact? - it does seem hopeless when again trying for that private convo.
- ) Should the FCC have bud in? - Yes, need to have some control, especially if out to the public.
