lecture 43003

Lecture Notes, 4/30/03:

Choosing the Future: Public Policy, Activism, & Alternative Media

Class goals:
1. Clarifications
2. Final chapter
3. Sum Up
4. FCQs

Clarifications:

Spectrum Fees

Bias

Last chapter:

Proposed changes:
1. Media policy based on content requirements
2. Specific public interest requirements (3-hour rule, public affairs programs, community-generated programs, freee air time for political candidates, and Fairness Doctrine)
3. Require public access on new digital spectrum
4. Work to universal access of the Internet (correct for cable's advantage, develop civic-oriented content)
5. Support for small magazines and other independent voices through policies like postal rates
6. Revisit antitrust laws to limit consolidation of power
7. Restructure public broadcasting
8. Strengthen journalism as a profession
9. Participate in media reform movements
10. Support and participate in alternative media
11. seek avenues for media literacy

Summing Up...


		last updated: 4/29/03 Lecture Notes, 4/30/03: Choosing the Future: Public Policy, Activism, & Alternative Media Class goals: 1. Clarifications 2. Final chapter 3. Sum Up 4. FCQs *Clarifications:* Spectrum Fees Bias *Last chapter:* Proposed changes: 1. Media policy based on content requirements 2. Specific public interest requirements (3-hour rule, public affairs programs, community-generated programs, freee air time for political candidates, and Fairness Doctrine) 3. Require public access on new digital spectrum 4. Work to universal access of the Internet (correct for cable's advantage, develop civic-oriented content) 5. Support for small magazines and other independent voices through policies like postal rates 6. Revisit antitrust laws to limit consolidation of power 7. Restructure public broadcasting 8. Strengthen journalism as a profession 9. Participate in media reform movements 10. Support and participate in alternative media 11. seek avenues for media literacy Summing Up...