. . . And Communications for All
A Policy Agenda for a New Administration
Contributions by Marvin Ammori, Leonard M. Baynes, Robert M. Frieden, Ellen P. Goodman, Heather E. Hudson, Krishna Jayakar, Robert W. McChesney, Kathryn Montgomery, Philip M. Napoli, Jon Peha, Jorge Reina Schement, Sharon L. Strover, Andrea H. Tapia, Richard D. Taylor, Ernest Wilson III Edited by Amit M. Schejter
Publication date:
16 February 2009Length of book:
374 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9780739129197
In . . . And Communications for All, 16 leading communications policy scholars present a comprehensive telecommunications policy agenda for the new federal administration. This agenda emphasizes the potential of information technologies to improve democratic discourse, social responsibility, and the quality of life along with the means by which it can be made available to all Americans. Schejter has assembled an analysis of the reasons for the failure of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and offers an international benchmark for the future of telecommunications.
Addressing a range of topics, including network neutrality, rural connectivity, media ownership, minority ownership, spectrum policy, universal broadband policy, and media for children, it articulates a comprehensive vision for the United States as a twenty-first-century information society that is both internally inclusive and globally competitive.
Addressing a range of topics, including network neutrality, rural connectivity, media ownership, minority ownership, spectrum policy, universal broadband policy, and media for children, it articulates a comprehensive vision for the United States as a twenty-first-century information society that is both internally inclusive and globally competitive.
Few issues are more fundamental to the healthy functioning of our democracy than the existence of an open and diverse media system. For too long Communication scholars have been absent from ongoing policy debates about how to best achieve this goal. This timely and excellent collection of essays, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, goes a long way to remedying this abdication of our public interest obligation.