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- Title
Public or Private Interest? The History and Impacts of Children's Television Public Policy in the United States, 1934 to Present.
- Authors
Ackerman, Colin
- Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this inquiry is to use existing research to identify themes that illustrate why the federal government has been historically ineffective in creating and enacting regulations for children's television. This inefficacy led the individual television experiences of American children to be undergirded by neoliberal, capitalist logics, even when programs are labeled as educational. The themes identified are the FCC's posturing as a reactive agency, the privatized nature of broadcasting, and issues over the validity of measuring what is "educational." Additionally, this inquiry specifically speaks to the ways in which these themes impact the lived experiences of children.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PUBLIC interest; TELEVISION broadcasting; HISTORY of government policy; GOVERNMENT policy -- Social aspects; UNITED States. Children's Television Act of 1990
- Publication
Journal of the History of Childhood & Youth, 2019, Vol 12, Issue 2, p285
- ISSN
1939-6724
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hcy.2019.0024