Foundations of Communications Policy Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media

Name: Foundations of Communications Policy Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media
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ISBN: 9781572733435

ISBN-10: 1572733438

ISBN-13: 9781572733435

Edition: 2001

Authors: Philip M. Napoli

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List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Hampton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Philip M. Napoli is an assistant professor of communications and media management in the graduate school of business at Fordham University. He is the author of Foundations of Communications Policy: Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Plan of the Book


Foundation Principles and Communications Policymaking


The Unique Nature of Communications Regulation


Policy Principles and Policy Analysis


The First Amendment


Functions of the First Amendment


Individual Versus Collective Approaches to the First Amendment


The First Amendment and Communications Policymaking


The Public Interest


Origins of the Phrase


Levels of the Public Interest


The Marketplace of Ideas


Origins of the Metaphor


The Marketplace of Ideas Metaphor in FCC Decision Making


Diversity


The Marketplace of Ideas and Diversity


The Dimensions of Diversity


Competition


Defining Markets in the Assessment of Electronic Media Competition


Assessing Competition in Media Markets


Universal Service


Three Components of the Universal Service Principle


Localism


Rationales for Localism


The Localism Principle in Practice


Reconceptualizing Localism in the New Media Environment


Linking Principles with Process: The Dynamics of Communications Policymaking


The Communications Policymaking Process: A Principal-Agent Perspective


Integrating Process and Policy


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


Toward an Expanded Analytical Approach to Communications Policymaking


Toward an Expanded Analytical Approach to Communications Policy Issues


Institutional Adjustments


References


Author Index


Case Index


Subject Index