I to BE SEEN and ALSO HEARD: TOWARD a MORE TRULY PUBLIC
TO BE SEEN AND ALSO HEARD: TOWARD A MORE TRULY PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN A dissertation submitted to the Kent State University College of Education, Health, and Human Services in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Jon Judy June 2020 i A dissertation written by Jon Judy B.A., Kent State University, 2001 M.A., Kent State University, 2005 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2020 Approved by _________________________, Director, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Natasha Levinson _________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Quentin Wheeler-Bell _________________________, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee William Kist Accepted by _________________________, Director, School of Foundations, Leadership and Kimberly S. Schimmel Administration _________________________, Dean, College of Education, Health and Human Services James Hannon ii JUDY, JON, PhD., May 2020 TO BE SEEN AND ALSO HEARD: TOWARD A MORE TRULY PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN (217 pp) Director of Dissertation: Natasha Levinson, PhD. The purpose of this humanities-based study is to evaluate how the American public broadcasting system has traditionally served children, how it currently fulfills that role, and finally to propose a new approach to children's public broadcasting that is more democratic and attentive to children’s interests. American broadcasting developed as a series of compromises amongst ideologically-opposed voters and organizations. Further, public broadcasters are reliant on private donors, thus diluting the democratic quality of their programming. The author argues that this paradigm violates children’s rights. The unsatisfied adult consumer of public broadcasting has political recourse by which they can attempt to influence regulations that affect public broadcasting.
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