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Chapter 14: Media Policy, Law, and Ethics
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Terms
Policy: structures regulation Law: binding rules of state Standards: technical issues
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Key communications policies
Freedom of speech and the First Amendment– Protecting political speech– Alien and Sedition Act
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Limits on the First Amendment
Defamation Fairness Doctrine Obscenity Pacifica decision / Safe harbor Commercial speech: FTC
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7 Dirty Words – Miller vs. California
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Free speech and the Internet
History of the Communications Decency Act– Time magazine story– Challenged and
overturn of key provisions
– Self-regulation
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TV & Film –Violence and the V-Chip MPAA film rating system
– Voluntary, self-regulation
Television ratings
TCA96 V-Chip provision– Parental controls v. State controls– Not much used
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The Fourth Amendment and privacy Threats from public sources
– Initial fears of “big brother”
Threats from private sources– May be more significant today– US & European differences
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Patent and Copyright law: Protecting intellectual property Ownership issues
– Abuse of market power
– Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
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Ownership and diversity
Diversity of ownership Diversity of content What is the relationship?
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Concentration of ownership
Vertical integration Horizontal integration Cross-ownership
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Integration
Musicians
Record Label
CD Manufacture
Record Club
Rec. Stores
Authors
Publisher
Printer
Trucking
Bookstores
Actors
Studios
Film/Video Manufacture
Theaters
Video Stores
Music Books Film
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Spectrum Management
Frequency allocation Public interest
– Localism– Scarcity argument
ITU Digitization changing scarcity?
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Technical Standards
Standards bodies International regulations and standards
– ITU
ICANN– DNS
Company standards– Proprietary Windows– Open Linux
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The policymaking process
Federal regulation and policymaking
FCC Department of Commerce
– NTIA
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Federal regulation and policymaking, continued FTC Justice The Courts The Congress
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State and local regulation
PUCs Municipalities
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Lobbies
Political Action Committees– National Association of Broadcasters– MPAA
Internecine Regulation
Industry Capture
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Access to Media and Universal Service Basic telecommunications services
– Phone, 911
Which new media deserve universal service requirements?– Internet & TCA96
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The Fifth Estate: The media in the policy process Media reporting of the policymaking
process Tracking perceived biases in media
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Ethics in communications media
General considerations in individual ethics– Aristotle– Kant– Situation Ethics– JS Mill
Codes of ethics
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Ethical issues for media professionals Accuracy of information Responsibility and fairness Confidentiality Source attribution Leaks Privacy
– Linda Tripp