. . . And Communications for All A Policy Agenda for a New Administration

by Schejter, Amit M.; Ammori, Marvin; Baynes, Leonard M.; Frieden, Robert M.; Goodman, Ellen P.; Hudson, Heather E.; Jayakar, Krishna; McChesney, Robert W.; Montgomery, Kathryn; Napoli, Philip M.; Peha, Jon; Schement, Jorge Reina; Strover, Sharon L.; Tapia,

• ISBN13: 9780739129203
• ISBN10: 0739129201
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-16
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In ... And Communications for All, sixteen 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 such information technologies can be made available to all Americans. Addressing a range of topics, including network neutrality, rural connectivity, media ownership, minority ownership, spectrum policy, universal broadband policy, and media for children, this book articulates a comprehensive vision for the United States as a twenty-first-century information society that is both internally inclusive and globally competitive. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface: A Second Chance	p. vii
Introduction: Summary of Recommendations	p. xi
Frameworks
Broadband, Internet, and Universal Service: Challenges to the Social Contract of the Twenty-First Century	p. 3
Digital Media, Modern Democracy, and Our Truncated National Debate	p. 29
Public Scholarship and the Communications Policy Agenda	p. 41
International Benchmarks: The Crisis in U.S. Communications Policy through a Comparative Lens	p. 57
Infrastructures and Industries
Competition and Investment in Wireline Broadband	p. 81
U.S. Cable TV Policy: Managing the Transition to Broadband	p. 109
A Spectrum Policy Agenda	p. 137
The Way Forward for Wireless	p. 153
Rethinking the Media Ownership Policy Agenda	p. 167
Access
Universal Service	p. 181
America's Forgotten Challenge: Rural Access	p. 203
Municipal Broadband	p. 223
The Future of the E-Rate: U.S. Universal Service Fund Support for Public Access and Social Services	p. 239
Content
Public Service Media 2.0	p. 263
Creating a Media Policy Agenda for the Digital Generation	p. 281
Race and Media: Several Key Proposals for the Next Administration	p. 301
Index	p. 325
About the Contributors	p. 343
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