Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. viii, 344 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. The Hampton Press communication series

Uniform title

1. Hampton Press communication series.

Subject

1. Telecommunication policy > United States

Contents

1. 1. Introduction: Plan of the Book -- 2. Foundation Principles and Communications Policymaking. The Unique Nature of Communications Regulation. Policy Principles and Policy Analysis -- 3. The First Amendment. Functions of the First Amendment. Individual Versus Collective Approaches to the First Amendment. The First Amendment and Communications Policymaking -- 4. The Public Interest. Origins of the Phrase. Levels of the Public Interest -- 5. The Marketplace of Ideas. Origins of the Metaphor. The Marketplace of Ideas Metaphor in FCC Decision Making -- 6. Diversity. The Marketplace of Ideas and Diversity. The Dimensions of Diversity -- 7. Competition. Defining Markets in the Assessment of Electronic Media Competition. Assessing Competition in Media Markets -- 8. Universal Service. Three Components of the Universal Service Principle -- 9. Localism. Rationales for Localism. The Localism Principle in Practice. Reconceptualizing Localism in the New Media Environment --
2. 10. Linking Principles with Process: The Dynamics of Communications Policymaking. The Communications Policymaking Process: A Principal-Agent Perspective. Integrating Process and Policy -- 11. The Federal Communications Commission and the Limitations of Communications Policy Analysis. "Private Sector" Stakeholder Monitoring and FCC Decision Making: A Case Study of Broadcast Policymaking. The Analytical Capacity Within the FCC -- 12. Toward an Expanded Analytical Approach to Communications Policymaking. Toward an Expanded Analytical Approach to Communications Policy Issues. Institutional Adjustments.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-321) and indexes.