Download or read book The Quieted Voice written by and published by SIU Press. This book was released on with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blames the government's deregulation of radio and the corporate obsession with the bottom line in the wake of the controversial Telecommunications Act of 1996. Fighting for greater democratization of the airwaves, the authors call for a return to localism to save Americans from corporate and government control of public information.