MEDIA

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MEDIA DEMOCRACY

• Some final thoughts . . .

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Concerns About Public Interest

• Democracy depends on a free flow of ideas,
  primarily through the media
• Not just news (politics) but also culture (news
  entertainment)

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Conflict Between

• Media organizations obligations to shareholders
• Media organizations obligations to needs of
  citizens

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Market Model leads to

• Homogenization Imitation
• Declining Localism
• Trivialization Sensationalism
• News Lite
• Conflicts of Interest
• Censorship (self, corporate, advertisers)

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Suggestions For Improvement

• Regulatory policy designed to protect public
  interest
• Content-based
• Access-based
• Enforcement of anti-trust regulations

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• Low-powered radio stations
• Public access television
• Internet universal service
• Public television
• Alternative media