The Establishment of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG):

Constructing a Firewall for U.S. Government-Funded Nonmilitary International Broadcasters

VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (2011-05-20 )

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ISBN-13:: 978-3-639-35779-0
ISBN-10:: 3639357795
EAN:: 9783639357790
Book language:: English
Blurb/Shorttext:: This study examines why the U.S. government established the BBG firewall over civilian international broadcasters and shifted its policy from exercising editorial control over the broadcasters to granting them professional independence after the end of the Cold War. As part of the examination, the study shows how the BBG firewall is unique in comparison with previous entities that governed the broadcasters during the Cold War—the USIA, the BIB and the Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba. The study also shows how the BBG firewall is unique even in comparison with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that governs public broadcasters and acts as a firewall for them. Legally, the study considers whether the government was obligated to give the broadcasters professional independence by establishing the BBG firewall. In the final analysis, the study discusses how lawmakers wanted the firewall to function to protect the professional independence of the broadcasters and to ensure their credibility.
Publishing house:: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Website:: http://www.vdm-verlag.de
By (author) :: Murendehle M. Juwayeyi
Number of pages:: 156
Published at:: 2011-05-20
Stock:: Available
Category:: Journalism
Price:: 59.00 €
Keywords:: Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Firewall, Civilian International Broadcasters, Cold War, Credibility, Editorial Control, Government Speech Doctrine, International Broadcasting, Professional Independence, Supreme Court, U.S. Government-Funded Nonmilitary International Broadcasters