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Social SciencesCommunicationPublic PolicyCommunication TheoryMedia StudiesMedia TheoryMedia EthicsMedia OwnershipMedia PolicyMedia PowerPublic Broadcasting PolicyUniversal Service PolicyCommercialization Of MediaMedia PrivatizationPublic Broadcasting AccountabilityPublic Broadcasting Ownership ModelsPublic Service Media OwnershipPublic Trust CommunicationPublic Trust Doctrine History
Since the start of telephony and later in broadcasting, the pursuit of universal service has legitimated the ownership and operation of media as a public trust. Until the 1980s, this principle was ...