[atlarge-discuss] Re: [CRIS Info] Media and Governance: US FCC Rule Changes

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Adam and all,

  Thanks Adam for bringing this to our attention.  Very interesting
article in review of the new FCC rule changes.

  I wonder how many US citizens, not to mention other stakeholders/users
of the internet will take proper notice.

Adam Peake wrote:

> And from a slightly different angle, an interesting OpEd in Monday's
> New York Times, "More News, Less Diversity"
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/02/opinion/02HIND.html?th>
>
> The Internet encourages media concentration not diversity.
>
> "Users may be able to choose from millions of sites, but most go to
> only a few. This isn't an accident or the result of savvy branding.
> It's because Internet traffic follows a winner-take-all pattern that
> is much more ruthless than people realize."
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>
> >FYI,
> >
> >Here is some recent information from inside the US on media and governance.
> >
> >As some of you may know, our Federal Communication Commission had
> >scheduled a voted
> >yesterday on new regulations to loosen even further the limits on
> >media ownership of
> >stations in the same local market.
> >
> >Despite wide protests, the measure passed (surprise surprise)
> >yesterday by 3-2.
> >
> >There was little reporting of this issue in our "mainstream" media (of course)
> >until a few days prior to the vote.
> >
> >If you care, here are a few links:
> >
> >http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=719  -- Commentary
> >
> >
> >http://www.fair.org/media-woes/policy.html  -- Archive of stories
> >about the struggle over the rule changes.
> >http://www.fcc.gov/  -- The Commission Site. See in particular the
> >Copps statements, one of the two "dissident" commissioners.
> >
> >http://business.mainetoday.com/news/030529allen.shtml  -- U.S.
> >Representative Tom Allen
> >http://www.wgae.org/news/general/1036186274.html  -- U.S. Senator
> >Russ Feingold
> >
> >
> >
> >WJM
> >--
> >
> >Bill McIver
> >Assistant Professor
> >School of Information Science and Policy
> >University at Albany, State University of New York
> >Albany, New York 12222
> >USA
> >
> >e-mail: mciver@albany.edu
> >URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver
> >
> >
> >
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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