%0 Journal Article %1 balas_eavesdropping_2011 %A Balas, Glenda R. %D 2011 %J Democratic Communiqué %K broadcasting broadcasting-education columbia education foundations lazarsfeld radio rockefeller sociology %P 1--16 %T Eavesdropping at Allerton: The Recovery of Paul Lazarsfeld's Progressive Critique of Educational Broadcasting %V 24 %X This article draws from archival documents to examine Paul Lazarsfeld's partici-pation in the 1949 Allerton Seminar, a vision-crafting conference sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation for scholars and leaders in "noncommercial, educational broadcasting." The author argues that clear linkages exist between Lazarsfeld's perspective on nonprofit media and a progressive vision of U.S. public service broadcasting. The purpose of this article is to recover some of Lazarsfeld's contri-butions to this concept of public media and to suggest that he sought a broad cul-tural project for noncommercial television that was underpinned by qualitative research, worries about class bias and class interest, and a commitment to diverse and overlapping voices.

@article{balas_eavesdropping_2011, abstract = {This article draws from archival documents to examine Paul Lazarsfeld's partici-pation in the 1949 Allerton Seminar, a vision-crafting conference sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation for scholars and leaders in "noncommercial, educational broadcasting." The author argues that clear linkages exist between Lazarsfeld's perspective on nonprofit media and a progressive vision of U.S. public service broadcasting. The purpose of this article is to recover some of Lazarsfeld's contri-butions to this concept of public media and to suggest that he sought a broad cul-tural project for noncommercial television that was underpinned by qualitative research, worries about class bias and class interest, and a commitment to diverse and overlapping voices.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Balas, Glenda R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a6f14b29f8c969636cab9d59c69fcb44/jpooley}, interhash = {cdfaac67c21e8c7dbd191cfef521eb84}, intrahash = {a6f14b29f8c969636cab9d59c69fcb44}, journal = {Democratic Communiqu{\'e}}, keywords = {broadcasting broadcasting-education columbia education foundations lazarsfeld radio rockefeller sociology}, pages = {1--16}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Eavesdropping at {{Allerton}}: {{The Recovery}} of {{Paul Lazarsfeld}}'s {{Progressive Critique}} of {{Educational Broadcasting}}}, volume = 24, year = 2011 }