The Decline of Public Access and Neo-Liberal Media Regimes
This book examines the reasons behind the declining fortunes of public access channels. Public access, which provided perhaps the boldest experiment in popular media democracy, is in steep decline. While some have argued it is technologically outmoded, Ca
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The Decline of Public Access and Neo-Liberal Media Regimes
Brian Caterino
The Decline of Public Access and Neo-Liberal Media Regimes
Brian Caterino Rochester, NY, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-39402-8 ISBN 978-3-030-39403-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39403-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: gettyimages / oxygen Cover design: eStudioCalamar This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Public Access in Decline 1 The Limits of Technological Determinism 3 Technology and Social Construction 4 Bibliography 13 2 The Frankfurt School and Its Aftermath 15 An Excursus on the Frankfurt School 16 The Limits of the Frankfurt School’s Analysis 19 The Political: Horkheimer to Habermas 22 The Public Sphere in Habermas and Beyond 23 Critics of the Public Sphere 26 Habermasian Revisions 28 Civil Society 31 Participatory Democracy 36 Bibliography 41 3 Public Interest Standards from Radio to Public Television 45 The Rise of Radio and Telecommunication and Public Interest 45 The Regulatory Context 49 Broadcast Regulation 51 Radio Publics: Democratic Potentials? 54 Democratizing Media 59 From Pacifica to PBS: The Rise of Public Interest Media and Civil Society 61 v
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Contents
The Critique of the Network Model 65 From the Wasteland to the Promised Land 67 Network Television and the Portrayal of American Life 68 Bibliography 73 4 The Emergence of Public Access Television 77 Access to Democracy 77 Public Access Begins 78 Participatory Democracy or the Technological Sublime? 79 Shimm
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