This book documents the dramatic changes in the field of electronic media in the past decade and provides informed insights in the exciting, and changes yet to come. It examines the transition in broadcasting from analog to digital transmission and the changing business models of electronic media.

Michael A. McGregor, Paul D. Driscoll, Walter, McDowell

Chapter 1 Introducing Electronic Media; Chapter 2 From Radio to Television; Chapter 3 Cable and Newer Media; Chapter 4 How Electronic Media Work; Chapter 5 Distribution by Wired Relays, Wireless Relays, and over the Internet; Chapter 6 Commercial Operations; Chapter 7 Noncommercial Services; Chapter 8 Programs and Programming Basics; Chapter 9 Audience Measurement; Chapter 10 Media Theory and Effects; Chapter 11 The Communications Act, Licensing, and Structural Regulation; Chapter 12 Constitutional Issues and Content Regulation; Chapter 13 A Global View;