Barriers Down: How American Power and Free-Flow Policies Shaped Global Media by Diana Lemberg
English | September 19th, 2019 | ISBN: 0231182163 | 304 pages | EPUB | 10.14 MB
Freedom of information is a principle commonly associated with the United States' First Amendment traditions or digital-era technology boosters. Barriers Down reveals its unexpected origins in political, economic, and cultural battles over analog media in the postwar period. Diana Lemberg traces how the United States shaped media around the world after 1945 under the banner of the "free flow of information," showing how the push for global media access acted as a vehicle for American power.