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The Red Scare, Politics, and the Federal Communications Commission, 1941-1960
Susan L. Brinson
Book Code: C7859
ISBN: 0-275-97859-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97859-4
256 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/2004
List Price: $82.95 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The author's assessment of the motivating force and impact of McCarthyism deserves attention. In particular, her chapter on the FCC's persecution of Edward Lamb, a prolabor advocate and radio broadcaster, provides riveting reading and an appropriate antidote to those who would cast McCarthyism as a benign episode in our recent past. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
    —Choice     February 2005
  • [A]dds to the far too thin shelf of historical books about the FCC....Interesting and chilling reading, this is an example of what we need more of-analytical surveys of the FCC and its impact over the seven decades of its existence.
    —Communication Booknotes Quarterly     Summer 2004
Description: The Red Scare at the FCC started when James Lawrence Fly led the agency in many important decisions that were inspired by the New Deal. These decisions outraged both the broadcasting industry and politically conservative legislators, causing them to accuse the FCC of Communist sympathies. This book analyzes the political transition taken by the FCC that turned it into an agency that fully participated in the Red Scare of the 1950s. This book analyzes many significant FCC cases and policies that have never been considered within the context of New Deal policymaking or its impact. This work is the first to look into the impact of the Red Scare on an executive agency. Its combination of new archival and behind-the- scenes information makes this book a great addition to the growing body of research on media history and regulation.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Historical and Theoretical Contexts
  • A New Deal for Broadcasters
  • Nastiest Nest of Rats
  • The Menace Within?
  • "Pink-Nosed Gremlins" to Reluctant Regulators
  • A License to Subvert
  • The "Weird and Unusual" Case of Edward Lamb
  • Reds Need Not Apply
  • The Legacy of the Red Scare at the FCC
  • Works Cited
LC Card Number: 2004005439
LCC Class: E743
Dewey Class: 973
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