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This 3 page paper looks at the development of the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1922, when it was formed and 1939, the outbreak of the Second World War, and considers the evidence that the corporation was an elite conspiracy. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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an unbiased approach and universal access. However, in the history of the BBC may be viewed differently, from the time it was started in 1922 until the outbreak of war
in 1939 the corporation may be seen as elitist, with some even arguing there was an elitist conspiracy seeking to limit information flow to the lower classes and maintain a
class system and colonial within the realms of its broadcasts. Looking back to the development of radio, the first medium used by the BBC, this was new technology at
the time. Just as with ay new technology, the purchase is expensive in the early days, and as such it is likely to start out as elitist due to cost
alone. However, there as also the perception on the powerful tool that the radio could be, communicating information as never before informing and empowering those who heard it. It may
be for this reason that a further measure was taking in 1922 that could be seen as confining the use of the radio to the elitist, as the introduction of
the first licence fee was 10 shillings (Briggs, 1985). This may not have been the BBC themselves that introduced this, but it was introduced within two weeks of the BBC
forming, and would act as a barrier to radio ownership, as ten shillings was a great deal in 1922 and took place before the BBC was officially registered in the
15th of December 1992 with John Reith as the General Manager. By looking at the first broadcasts that were made it may also be argued that these were aimed
at the upper classes, with interests such as classical concerts and a military band concert as well as a play from the theatre broadcast. The targets may be argued as
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