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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kimberly Zarkin; Michael J Zarkin |
| ISBN: | 0313334161 9780313334160 |
| OCLC Number: | 62324981 |
| Description: | xvi, 378 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The FCC : the origins and purpose of an agency -- Common carrier regulation -- Broadcast regulation -- The Federal Communications Commission -- Early FCC activity, 1934-1960 -- An era of incrementalism, 1960-1978 -- The era of competition, 1979-present -- The FCC's statutory authority -- Title I : general provisions -- Title II : common carriers -- Title III : provisions relating to radio -- Title IV : procedural and administrative provisions -- Title V : penal provisions -- Title VI : cable communications -- Title VII : miscellaneous provisions -- FCC rules and regulations -- The FCC : profiling an organization -- 2. Organization and procedures -- Organization of the Commission -- The Commission -- The policymaking bureaus -- The staff offices -- FCC Decisionmaking processes -- Rulemaking -- Broadcast licensing -- The FCC and the public -- FCC public documents -- Public participation and information requests -- 3. The political environment -- Congress -- Regulated industries -- The White House -- The courts -- Citizen groups and members of the public -- 4. Notable controversies in telephone regulation -- The telephone investigation and United States v. Western Electric -- The separations controversy -- The telephone equipment controversies -- The Hush-A-Phone controversy -- The Carterfone decision -- Long distance competition -- The above 890 decision -- The MCI decision -- The specialized common carrier decision -- The Execunet decision -- Breakup of the Bell system -- United States v. AT&T -- The access charge decision -- Rate regulation -- Continuing surveillance, 1934-1964 -- Formal rate investigation, 1965-1989 -- Price caps regulation, 1989-present -- The computer inquiries -- Computer I -- Computer II -- Computer III -- Telephone-cable competition -- The telephone-cable cross-ownership ban -- The video dial-tone decision -- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- Telephone industry competition -- Telephone-cable competition -- Universal service -- 5. Notable controversies in mass media regulation -- 6. Biographies of the commissioners -- 7. Annotated Supreme Court decisions, 1930-2004 -- 8. Chronology of key events -- Appendix 1. Case list, 1928-2004 -- Appendix 2. Instructions for FCC form 303-S application for renewal of broadcast station license and FCC form 303-S -- Appendix 3. Policy statement in the matter of industry guidance on the Commission's case law interpreting 18 U.S.C. Sect. 1464 and enforcement policies regarding broadcast indecency. |
| Series Title: | Understanding our government |
| Responsibility: | Kimberly A. Zarkin and Michael J. Zarkin. |
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