Public Television For Sale

In this analysis of the forces that shape our public television system, sociologist William Hoynes examines the nature of public television's funding structure and its impact on programming, the relationship between public television and the public and the absence of shared goals within public television.

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Public television is uniquely positioned in our country to contribute to the invigoration of democratic public life because, ostensibly, it is neither driven by the market nor dominated by the state. In this comprehensive analysis of the forces that shape our public television system, sociologist William Hoynes finds that public television increasi