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IN the admirable essay on the British Broadcasting Corporation in the volume of essays “ Public Enterprise: Developments in Social Ownership and Control in Great Britain ”by a group of contributors belonging to or associated with the New Fabian Research Bureau, Dr. W. A. Robson, while recognizing the achievements of the Corporation, the merits of its organization and the high degree of public spirit in its staff, referred to the deplorable absence of serious criticism and intelligent information concerning broadcasting in Great Britain. The general public indeed is scarcely aware either of the achievements or the shortcomings of British broadcasting, or the possibilities and the dangers of broadcasting as affecting international relations.
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Broadcasting as a Social Service. Nature 141, 889–890 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141889a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141889a0