| Título: | Invoking Public Support for Public Broadcasting: The Aird Commission Revisited |
| Autores: | Gasher, Mike; Concordia University |
| Fecha: | 1998-02-01 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Comumunication |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article research-article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: | Communication |
| Descripción: | Abstract: This paper tests the Aird Commission's claims to speak on behalf of the Canadian public in its landmark 1929 report against the public interventions on file in the National Archives of Canada. Its specific claims concerned radio's educational component, wavelength allotment, advertising, Canadian content, and state ownership. The paper reveals the extent to which the public interventions were inconclusive on the specific question of radio's nationalization. The paper argues that the Aird commissioners used the public hearings to legitimize their own commitment to a national, publicly owned broadcast system by depicting public opinion in its final report as consensual when in fact there was considerable division among interveners. Résumé: Cet article évalue les réclamations de la commission Aird (à savoir qu'elle représentait le public canadien dans son Rapport marquant de 1929) en comparant celles-ci aux interventions publiques classées dans les Archives nationales du Canada. Les réclamations spécifiques du Rapport portaient sur le rôle éducatif de la radio, l'allocation des ondes, la publicité, le contenu canadien, et la propriété d'état. Cet article révèle le degré auquel les interventions publiques étaient peu concluantes sur la question spécifique de la nationalisation de la radio. L'article maintient que les commissionnaires du Rapport Aird ont utilisé les audiences publiques pour légitimer leur propre attachement à un système de radiodiffusion national appartenant à l'état en décrivant l'opinion publique comme étant unanime, quand en réalité il y avait des divisions considérables parmi les intervenants. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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