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What Is Media Policy?

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  • Philip M. Napoli

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This article offers a definition of media policy and, through a discussion of specific areas of public policy, describes the scope of media policy as an area of potential government intervention. I argue for a more expansive conceptualization of media policy than has typically guided the work of 21st-century media policymakers. I also argue that there has been a troubling tendency to apply a technology policy framework to contexts that would be better served by a media policy analytical framework. The result has been a neglect of core media policy principles that are focused on cultivating an informed citizenry and ensuring that communities’ information needs are being met.

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  • Philip M. Napoli, 2023. "What Is Media Policy?," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 707(1), pages 29-45, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:707:y:2023:i:1:p:29-45
    DOI: 10.1177/00027162231211387
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    1. Richard Wurff, 2005. "Competition, Concentration and Diversity in European Television Markets," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 29(4), pages 249-275, November.
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    1. Sewell Chan, 2023. "A Lost Decade: Policymakers Fiddled as Newsrooms Burned," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 707(1), pages 62-72, May.
    2. Ava Francesca Battocchio & Kjerstin Thorson & Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice & Marisa Smith & Yingying Chen & Stephanie Edgerly & Kelley Cotter & Hyesun Choung & Chuqing Dong & Moldir Moldagaliyeva & Christophe, 2023. "Who Will Tell the Stories of Health Inequities? Platform Challenges (and Opportunities) in Local Civic Information Infrastructure," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 707(1), pages 144-171, May.
    3. Kokil Jaidka & Sean Fischer & Yphtach Lelkes & Yifei Wang, 2023. "News Nationalization in a Digital Age: An Examination of How Local Protests Are Covered and Curated Online," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 707(1), pages 189-207, May.
    4. Jessica Mahone, 2023. "An Overview of State and Local Legislation to Support Local News: Policy Mechanisms and Challenges to Impact," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 707(1), pages 46-61, May.
    5. Nikki Usher & Joshua P. Darr & Philip M. Napoli & Michael L. Miller, 2023. "Media Policy for an Informed Citizenry: Revisiting the Information Needs of Communities for Democracy in Crisis," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 707(1), pages 8-20, May.

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