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Media ownership and communications: Enriching the research agenda

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  • Garcia, D. Linda
  • Surles, Ellen

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This paper examines whether diverse opinions make their way into the communication policy decisions. Specifically, it examines whether academics from distinct disciplines engage one another and whether Federal Communications Commission (FCC) experts rely on a multidisciplinary body of research in making telecommunications-related decisions. After tracing how narrow expertise can lead to shallow policy perspectives, the paper employs a social network analysis of citations to assess the breadth of the media ownership debate. The case of media ownership was considered a worthy choice for analysis because it was so high on the policy agenda. The paper found that the media ownership policy network is extremely hierarchical; it comprises relatively few connected members around which clusters form and the majority of communication takes place. Lacking overlap among subgroups, there is very little interaction across disciplinary boundaries. An analysis of FCC citations demonstrates the impact that the dominant journals have on the FCC decision-making process, with significant implications for FCC decision making in all aspects of telecommunications.

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  • Garcia, D. Linda & Surles, Ellen, 0. "Media ownership and communications: Enriching the research agenda," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(8-9), pages 473-492, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:31:y::i:8-9:p:473-492
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