An examination of the law and policy issues involved in regulating electronic mass media. Topics covered will include structural and content regulation of broadcast, cable, new communications technologies such as MMDS and DBS and the Internet. Special attention will be given to the First Amendment issues that differentiate regulation of the electronic media from regulation of other industries, as well as increasing concerns with media concentration.
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