Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Public Media Policy, Spectrum Policy, and Rethinking Public Interest Obligations for the 21st Century

Lennett, Benjamin,Tom Glaisyer and  Sascha Meinrath. Public Media Policy, Spectrum Policy, and Rethinking Public Interest Obligations for the 21st Century. New America Foundation, June 21, 2012.

From the paper. "In this paper we consider reforms and innovations in spectrum policy that would enable and sustain an expanded public media to better support quality news, journalism, education, arts, and civic information in the 21st century. The Internet has remade the landscape of free expression, access to news and information, and media production. Thus, we are well past the moment when spectrum allocated to broadcasting could be considered as distinct from that allocated to wireless broadband networks. Such networks serve as primary channels for access to news and information, increasingly edging out over-the-air broadcasting as the essential infrastructure for media distribution." Read more

See also
Lennett, Benjamin. and Tom Glaisyer."Building a Multi-Platform Media For—And By—The Public." Columbia Journalism Review, June 21, 2012.