Join us for this lunchtime session! This panel is designed for instructors teaching broadcast history courses with a specific focus on why history is relevant and necessary to understanding current seismic shifts in the business of making, distributing and regulating broadcasting. Panelists will discuss strategies and best practices for engaging students and helping them understand the through line from the enactment of policy (such as the Communication Act of 1934 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996) and the precedent set by early broadcast figures (such as Edward R. Murrow or Faye Emerson) to today’s broadcast ecosystem (using recent studies such as the battle over Jimmy Kimmel, the Nexstar-Tegna Merger, the adaptation of NextGenTV, and the controversy at 60 Minutes). Time will be allotted for engaged discussion with panel attendees.
