Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1986. / Bibliography: leaves 227-231.

I submit for the committee's consideration this report on my internship at WLAE-TV, Channel 32, a nonprofit Public Broadcasting Station in New Orleans. Through the internship in the Development Department, I was involved directly in one of WLAE-TV's major fund-raising events, the spring Antique/Arts Auction. The duration of the internship was from January 19, 1987 to May 14, 1987. I worked under the supervision of Mr. Gregory Weaver, WLAE-TV's Auctions and Special Events Director. Unfortunately, due to problems in scheduling certain volunteers, WLAE's Antique/Arts Auction broadcast dates were moved from early to late May. The schedule change moved the Auction beyond the given parameters of my internship. Although I was unable to participate in the on-air auction itself, I believe that my pre-auction assignments have nevertheless made this particular internship an extremely valuable learning experience.

Thesis (M. P. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Submitted in accordance with the requirements tor the degree of MA in Communication Science university of Zululand, 2008. / Television, unlike radio combines several factors of sight, sound, and motion and colour into one composite whole. Television has an immeasurable impact on the lives of the people with its information, educational and entertaining programmes. It is a powerful force for integration, which it does by providing for citizens of a country, access to the variety of messages, which they need in order to know and understand one another. On the other hand, television has been blamed for causing atrocity and crime in society by some critics. This study investigates the effectiveness of public broadcasting media as agents of transformation (A case study of the impact of the South African Broadcasting Corporation K 2 and 3 on Esikhawini Township: KwaZulu-Natal). The first part of the study reviews literature on communication, broadcasting media; transformation effects of television, policy and legislation of the South African Broadcasting Corporation and functions of the South African broadcasting complaints. Subsequent chapters describe the construction of a survey instalment employed to measure and evaluate public broadcasting media as agents of transformation in society. Penultimate chapters blend the insights gained from this literature review to interpret the results, obtained through the quantitative research methodology, to describe a set of conclusions and recommendations in the context of public broadcasting media as an agent of transformation in society.

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Thesis (doctoral) -- Universität Leipzig, 2006. / Includes bibliography (p. xvii-xxxviii).

This thesis analyzed the transformation of Uzbek state broadcast media into a public broadcaster. Based on the quantitative data, widely supported by the qualitative research, the researcher assessed that the prospects for public broadcasting in Uzbekistan were not good. The research was based on the responses of 22 Uzbek broadcast journalists and determined their perception of their roles in two time frames: present day and the future.The researcher grouped the respondents, based on their views of their present day roles, into two categories: "Independent Broadcasters" and "Socially Responsible Broadcasters." Independent Broadcasters showed professional confidence, strongly believed in the power of broadcast media and widely. supported the concept of public broadcasting in a transitional political environment.Socially Responsible Broadcasters strongly supported the idea of journalists being held accountable to the public, mostly agreeing that journalists were innovators and should promote diversity, equality, and represent the interests of the disadvantaged to the broader community. Unlike the Independent Broadcasters, these journalists were less confident about how well they were perceived by the audience and were concerned about whether their programs were relevant to the community.In the second study, respondents' views on their future roles were grouped into three categories: "Pessimists," "Pragmatic Idealists," and "Optimists."Journalists in the Pessimists' group expressed rather negative feelings about the future of their profession. In their view, Uzbekistan did not need a public media and journalists were not to serve as innovators in the society.Optimists expressed the opposite feelings, saying that they wanted to believe Uzbekistan would have public broadcasting in the future. They thought that the common good and the public interest should be the basis of broadcasting.Pragmatic Idealists believed that broadcasting would have to be a public corporation. But unlike the Optimists, these journalists were concerned about a lack of professionalism and funding, traditionalism in program content, and the lack of an advertising culture.All of the respondents, in this case, supported the idea of developing advertising as a means of supporting broadcasting in the future and saw it as a way of freeing themselves from government control and gaining editorial independence.Respondents in this study said that as long as they remained under state authority they would not call themselves "public broadcasters." They mostly agreed that a changing society needed a strong public media, which was independent of government influence and the marketplace. / Department of Journalism

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2005. Graduate Programme in Sociology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-142). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR19657

Univ., Diss.--Göttingen, 2006.