The unique nature of communications regulation: Evidence and implications for communications policy analysis

Napoli, Philip M.

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“…Such concerns have been central motivating factors behind the local orientation of institutional structures such as governments and schools (Briffault, 1988). These concerns have been transferred to the regulatory treatment of media institutions, given our media institutions' potentially powerful influence on culture and values (see Morgan, 1986;Napoli, 1999~). As then-FCC Commissioners Cox and Johnson (1968) noted, "Ultimately, our broadcasting system is premised on concern that the very identity of local states and cities might be destroyed by a mass communications system with an exclusively national focus" (p. 8).…”

Section: Rationales For Localism Policiesmentioning

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The Localism Principle in Communications Policymaking and Policy Analysis: Ambiguity, Inconsistency, and Empirical Neglect

Napoli

2001

Policy Studies Journal

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Localism long has been a central guiding principle in communications policymaking, yet its specific meaning and objectives have not been well articulated by policymakers. This article attempts to bring greater clarity to the localism principle, through an examination of how the Federal Communications Commission has defined local programming. Policymakers have failed to establish a clear and stable definition of what constitutes local programming, which has contributed to the sense of ambiguity, uncertainty, and inconsistency that long has characterized localism policymaking. If localism policies are to reflect the rationales upon which they are based, the definition of local programming must be expanded to account not only for a program's point of origin, but for the nature of a program's content as well.

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Section: Rationales For Localism Policiesmentioning

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The Localism Principle in Communications Policymaking and Policy Analysis: Ambiguity, Inconsistency, and Empirical Neglect

Napoli

2001

Policy Studies Journal

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“…4 Much of the research presented at Converging in Parallel, though critical, tended toward larger theoretical concerns that did not always accommodate the more micro-level programmatic issues or evidentiary gaps tied to the institutional concerns of actually existing policymaking (cf. Napoli, 1999). Policymakers participating in Converging in Parallel repeatedly underlined the need for more academic research that engages with existing policy processes.…”

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“More and Better” Research? Critical Communication Studies and the Problem of Policy Relevance

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Shtern

Taylor

2008

Canadian Journal of Communication

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This article is a programmatic and reflexive report on a conferenceworkshop entitled Converging in Parallel: Linking Communications Research and Policy in Emerging Canadian Scholarship, held at McGill University November 9-10, 2006, and what we believe it suggests about improving the policy relevance of critical research in the field of communication studies in Canada. After canvassing three broad areas of communication policy research activity-methodology, linkages, and research topics-the report suggests several steps to address challenges identified in these areas.

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“…It can refer to the credibility among peers in academia, measurable, for instance, in citations, or to making a difference to the "real world" (Bastow, Dunleavy, & Tinkler, 2014a). In this article we are concerned with media and communication policy scholarship, a field which, due to the importance of the media for the functioning of modern democracies, is burdened with a more complex analytical task than other policy areas (Napoli, 1999). Media and communication policy research exemplifies a disparate and incohesive field of study.…”

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From praxis to pragmatism: Junior scholars and policy impact

Ali

Herzog

2018

The Communication Review

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Drawing on Buckingham's observation that academic research either has to become public knowledge or its originators must have a high visibility in the public realm before their research can find inclusion into policymaking processes, this article offers a variety of examples of how academics have managed to bridge the gap between media and communication policy scholarship and policymaking. Contrary to the long-standing belief that policy impact is extremely difficult and rare to achieve, we argue that junior scholars have many opportunities to have their work become part of the policymaking process through new forms of conversation, collaboration, coalition-building, changing perceptions of public knowledge, and a more conceptual understanding of impact.

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The unique nature of communications regulation: Evidence and implications for communications policy analysis

Cited by 23 publications

References 19 publications

The Localism Principle in Communications Policymaking and Policy Analysis: Ambiguity, Inconsistency, and Empirical Neglect

The Localism Principle in Communications Policymaking and Policy Analysis: Ambiguity, Inconsistency, and Empirical Neglect

“More and Better” Research? Critical Communication Studies and the Problem of Policy Relevance

From praxis to pragmatism: Junior scholars and policy impact

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