Series Foreword / Michael Keith
Pt. I. Defining the Public Media Terrain
1. Introduction / B. Lee Artz
2. Public Broadcasting: Past, Present, and Future / Robert W. McChesney
3. Brand New World? Globalization, Cyberspace, and the Politics of Convergence / Vincent Mosco
4. PBS Brand and the Merchandising of Public Service / William Hoynes
5. FCC and the Public Interest: A Selective Critique of U.S. Telecommunications Policy-Making / Robert K. Avery and Alan G. Stavitsky
6. Pacifica Radio's Crisis of Containment / Matthew Lasar
Pt. II. Critical Dimensions
7. Introduction / Eric E. Peterson
8. Public and Its Problems: Race, Class, and Media Access / B. Lee Artz
9. Advertising on Public Television: A Look at PBS / Judi Puritz Cook
10. Should One Size Fit All Audiences? A Study of KUOP / Mary E. Hurley
11. DBS and the Public Interest Opportunity in Satellite Television / Steve Pierce
12. Making Money and Serving the Public Interest: Public Broadcasting Can and Should Do Both / Gary P. Poon
Pt. III. Global Perspectives
13. Introduction / Michael P. McCauley
14. CBC and the Public Interest: Maintaining the Mission in an Era of Media Concentration / Ira Basen
15. Public Broadcasting, the Information Society, and the Internet: A Paradigm Shift? / Amit M. Schejter
16. Between Globallzation and Democratization: Governmental Public Broadcasting in Africa / Lyombe S. Eko
17. Canadians Connected and Unplugged: Public Access to the Internet and the Digital Divide / Vanda Rideout
Pt. IV. Where Do We Go from Here: Civic Space, Cyber Market, Public Trust, or Grassroots Alternatives?
18. Introduction / DeeDee Halleck
19. Social Capital, Civic Space, and the Digital Revolution: Emerging Strategies for Public Broadcasting / Barry Dornfeld
20. Resisting the Market Model of the Information Highway / Sandra Smeltzer and Leslie Regan Shade
21. Public Television in the Digital Age: Town Hall or CyberMall? / Jerold M. Starr
22. Grassroots Radio Movement In the United States / Marty Durlin and Cathy Melio
23. Microradio: A Tool for Community Empowerment / Andrea Cano.