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Contents

Preface vii
Ust of Acronyms x
1 ThnRODUCTION 1

1.1 DBS, the United States, and the Information
Economy 3
1.2 Chapter Previews 9
Notes 13

2 CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON US FOREIGN
COMMUNICATION POLICY 17
2.1 The Cultural Imperialism Paradigm 17
2.2 Culture as the Object of Inquiry 21
2.3 Culture and Critical International Political
Economy 23
2.4 Mediators of the International Political Economy 29
2.5 Conclusions 37
Notes 38
3 TELESATELLITE POLICY AND DBS, 1962-1984 41
3.1 Formative Telesatellite Developments 42
3.2 The Opportunity and Threat of Telesatellite
Technology 52
3.3 Toward 'Open Skies' and the Political
Feasibility of DBS 55
3.4 The Rise and Fall of Domestic DBS: 1980-1984 60
3.5 Conclusions 63
Notes 66

4 FOREIGN COMMUNICATION POLICY AND
DBS: 1962-1984 75
4.1 US Propaganda Broadcasting 76
4.2 The Free Flow of Information and
International Law 79
4.3 US Responses to the Free Flow Imbroglio 87

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