American Democracy Television

American Democracy Television (ADTV)
Type	Syndicated Public-access television Program
Country	United States
Availability	All 50 states
Founded	2005 ; by Alliance for Representative Democracy
Key people	National Conference of State Legislatures, Center on Congress, Center for Civic Education
Callsign meaning	American Democracy Television
Official website	http://www.representativedemocracy.org

American Democracy Television (ADTV) provides nonpartisan programming about representative democracy to Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels across the United States.^[1]

General

ADTV programming is produced by The Alliance for Representative Democracy a partnership combining the resources of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Trust for Representative Democracy; the Center for Civic Education and the Center on Congress at Indiana University.^[2] The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Education for Democracy Act approved by the U.S. Congress.^[3] ADTV has free programming available to public-access television, educational-access television, government-access television channels nationwide, and currently distributes to nearly 500 cable TV stations.^[4]

Selected topics

How representative democracy works at the local, state and national levels
That compromise and disagreement are an important part of our system of democracy
How their ideas and special interests are represented
Ways to make their voices heard^[5]

In its first 2 years, ADTV spread to all 50 states and Washington, DC. The programming currently reaches over 12 million households on a regular basis and continues to educate the public about representative democracy, with its stated goal to challenge cynicism and reinvigorating the public's perception of its government.^[6]

Awards

ADTV Flight 4 won the 2005 Gold Marcom Award.^[7]

References

^ "The Trust for Representative Democracy - American Democracy Television (ADTV)". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^ "The Center on Congress at Indiana University" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-06-13. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^ "Representative Democracy in America, Voices of the People" (PDF).
^ "Trust: American Democracy Television Network--ADTV Programming by State". Archived from the original on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
^ "Programming | Alliance for Community Media". Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^ "Public Benefit Television | Informative Programming for America". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
^ "Trust: Representative Democracy in America". Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[1] "The Trust for Representative Democracy - American Democracy Television (ADTV)". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[2] "The Center on Congress at Indiana University" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-06-13. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[3] "Representative Democracy in America, Voices of the People" (PDF).

[4] "Trust: American Democracy Television Network--ADTV Programming by State". Archived from the original on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-06-26.

[5] "Programming | Alliance for Community Media". Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[6] "Public Benefit Television | Informative Programming for America". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[7] "Trust: Representative Democracy in America". Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

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