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Course Description: International Radio: Social & Political Force
41-2500
This course examines the history and present-day experience of radio around the world. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of radio as a social and political force in developing nations. Various forms of non-commercial radio such as guerrilla stations in Central America, the Pacifica network and other community and educational stations in the United States, the BBC, pirate radio, National Public Radio, low-power FM and government sponsored radio will be explored, as well as satellite and Internet radio. Students will produce a final project in which they use radio to examine a subject of their choice.
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