Signals in the Air: Native Broadcasting in America is the first book-length study of one of the most unique communications enterprises in U.S. history. It is the remarkable account of how the nation's most exploited minority group overcame adversity by embracing the airwaves. Through their own radio and television stations, American Indians have found a way to keep their cultures and languages from perishing. This book examines the impetus behind the development of Native-run stations and how these stations operate today. It assesses the influence and impact of Native broadcasts in the Indigenous community and seeks to chronicle the formidable challenges confronting Indian broadcasters as they provide vital programming services to the often impoverished inhabitants of the nation's remote reservations.
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Signals in the Air: Native Broadcasting in America is the first book-length study of one of the most unique communications enterprises in U.S. history.
Foreword by Suzan Shown Harjo Foreword by Frank Blythe Preface Murmurs to Metawce: Early Native Broadcasts Arrow with Voices: Evolution of Native Stations Abetting Silakkuagvik: Native Broadcast Funding Talking Hogans: The Native Stations Waves for Kekewh: Impact of Indigenous Programming Traversing the Gorge: Challenges for Indian Broadcasters In the Hands of Oyaron: Prospects for Native Broadcasting Afterword by Peggy Berryhill Further Reading Index
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Breaks new important ground in communication studies by shedding light on the 'first minority' and its growing use of electronic media. Keith provides a valuable service with this readable survey of a fascinating market...Important reading offering considerable insight by an expert observer. Communication Booknotes ...There are a few scholarly articles and segments in books about ethnic broadcasting, but nothing compares with Signals in the Air...[It is] well-written and logically organized. This book is important because it is the most current and complete piece of literature available on the indigenous broadcasting in America. Journal Radio Studies
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ISBN
9780275948764
Publisert
1995-01-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
200
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Biographical note
MICHAEL C. KEITH is a member of the Communication Department at Boston College. He is the author of several books on electronic media, including The Radio Station (3rd edition, 1993) and The Broadcast Century: A Biography of American Broadcasting (1992), with Robert Hilliard. He has held various positions at several radio stations, and was Chair of Education at the Museum of Broadcast Communications.