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Com 316:
Fundamentals of Broadcasting |
Dr. Janet McMullen
Fall 2002 MWF 9:00
Updated: 11/22/02
- Know the role
of the Communications Act of 1934. What did it do? What is it's role?
- Title 47 of the
U.S. Code
- "Public
Interest, Convenience and Necessity"
- Section 326
- Marketplace Theory
of Regulation (Mark Fowler)
- Trusteeship Model
of RegulationTelecommunications Act of 1996
- Cable
Communications Policy Act of 1984
- Cable Consumer
Protection and Competition Act of 1992
- Organization of the
FCC : Go to http://www.fcc.gov
and print off the table of organization (adjust paper setting to
landscape for best results) (Note the FCC has recently been reorganized, and
the structure may be different from that listed in your text.)
- FCC
Commissioners:
- Know how many
and who they are. You will find a bio on each of them at the FCC
site.
- Who is
chair?
- Who is most
recently appointed and confirmed?
- How many from
any one party?
- How are they
appointed and confirmed?
- What are the powers
of the FCC?
- What is the
rule-making procedure? Know the following terms:
- NPRM
- NOI
- Report and
Order
- Federal
Register
- Policy Making
- Adjudication
- ALJ
- Review Board
- Petition for
rehearing
- Appellate Court (DC
Circuit)
- U.S. Supreme Court
(role in media regulation)
- Declaratory Ruling
- Licencing
- renewals
- short-term
renewal
- petition to
deny
- raised eyebrow
- consent order
- conditional
renewal
- revokation
- denial
- construction
permit
- Chain broadcasting
rules
- prime time access
rule
- network syndication
rule (fin-syn)
- Children's
programming regulations and limits
- WEAKNESS OF CURRENT
regulatory system:
- statute
- regulations
- Four sources of
broadcast reg: President, Congress, FCC, Courts.
Chapter 15
- defamation
- slander
- Times v. Sullivan
- obscenity:
Miller v. California (and standard it applied)
You have some
excellent chapters in the text that cover this material really well. I
apologize for not getting to discuss it all in class, and as a result, I'm not
going to hold you responsible for many of the important concepts in these
chapters. I have highlighted the important ones in this study guide, and I
hope you will hang on to the text book for further reference. Also, you'll
be getting all of this again in Com 400.
Copyright,
2002
Dr. Janet McMullen
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