. . . And Communications for All
A Policy Agenda for a New Administration
Lexington Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. February 2009
374 pages
978-0-7391-3483-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-3483-2 (9780739134832)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Frameworks
- 1 Broadband, Internet, and Universal service
- 2 Digital Media, Modern Democracy, and Our Truncated National Debate
- 3 Public Scholarship and the Communications Policy Agenda
- 4 International Benchmarks
- Part II Infrastructures and Industries
- 5 Competition and Investment in Wireline Broadband
- 6 U.S. Cable TV Policy
- 7 A Spectrum Policy Agenda
- 8 The Way Forward for Wireless
- 9 Rethinking the Media Ownership Policy Agenda
- Part III Access
- 10 Universal Service
- 11 America's Forgotten Challenge: Rural Access
- 12 Municipal Broadband
- 13 The Future of the E-Rate
- Part IV Content
- 14 Public Service Media 2.0
- 15 Creating a Media Policy Agenda for the Digital Generation
- 16 Race and Media
- Index
- About the Contributors
