Research Paper on:
Communications Deregulation and Contemporary Radio Broadcasting Corporations

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who is pulling the strings for most of the industries in the nation, then it reduced to a pitiful handful who are calling the shots and in essence determining social  policies, and indirectly (and sometimes directly) federal policies. (thesis) But how did it get to be this way? Why did private property and free markets transform American radio broadcasting into  a corporate/cultural industry? Interestingly enough, the power of language can be said to be so strong that once something has been written, though a retraction is printed, it is very  difficult to change the publics mind about an issue once it has been read in the papers, as if having the issue written in black and white gives it validity.  However, did the words shape the issue, or did the issue give birth to the words? One would have to clearly state that technically the words were born out  of the issue. However, it can just as easily be said that, given life, the words can continue to make an issue live in the minds of the public many  years after the event has taken place. A modern day example would be the case of O.J. Simpson. Simply writing anything about the case, new evidence found, new witnesses coming  forward, etc..., simply reopen an old wound for many. Given this sort of power that language has, then it should follow that he whom controls what is said wields great  power and influence over the entire American culture, and in many respects determines the policies accepted by the American public politically. This is a frightening thought when one realizes that  only a handful of people actually own the major communications companies in the United States. One only has to follow the trail in radio communications, of which it is but