Henry Loeser
The Nature of Broadcasting - A Theoretical Perspective
❖Past, Present and Future

Natural Law
❖Structure of Nature
❖All living things seek utility
❖Nurture (Rationality)
❖Communication

Human Evolution
❖Groups
❖Symbolic Interaction
❖Language

Forming Societies
❖Specialization
❖Agency vs. structure
❖Mass Communication

Medieval Europe
❖Dual authoritarianism of monarchy and church
❖Rise of merchant class media

Enlightenment
❖Science & technology
❖Secularism

Modernity
❖Urbanization
❖Democracy
❖Mass Media forms

Conflict Theory
❖Dysfunctional society
❖Agency vs. Structure
❖Legal alternativism

The Public Sphere



Alternative Press
❖Activist media


Re-Feudalization
❖Newspaper conglomerates
❖Politicization

Radio



Community Radio



Television
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6PXORQE5-CY


Community TV



Terrestrial Paradigm
❖Public Service
❖Commercial
❖Alternative

Re-Feudalization II
❖Policy issues
❖Commercial conglomerates
❖Alternatives struggle

IP - The Great Liberator?
❖One-to-many revolution
❖low barriers to entry
❖virtual democracy

Q1 - The Pipes



Q2 - The Revenue



Q3 - The Content
❖Information
❖Opinion
❖Entertainment

Q4 - Your Data



Re-Feudalization III?



ICT4D



The Future
❖Beyond RF
❖Beyond streaming
❖Neutrality
❖Creative Commons
❖Policy reform
❖Funding solutions

Human Evolution
❖Structural Functionalism?
❖The Public Sphere?
❖Broadcasting plurality?

Thank You!