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14. Regulatory (de) Convergence: Localism, Federalism, and Nationalism in American Telecommunications Policy

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Erschienen in: Media Convergence and Deconvergence

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This chapter discusses how the issue of statewide cable franchising in the United States reintroduced us to two actors in communication policymaking that have long been dormant: local municipalities and state legislatures. Moreover, it exemplifies both convergence and deconvergence in American telecommunications policy. Convergence occurred through the 1996 Telecommunications Act that allowed multi-modal competition in cable, telephony, and internet. Deconvergence occurred with the emergence of new policy actors. Separately, neither regulatory convergence nor deconvergence are problematic. Their concurrence, however, has led to a state of what critical political economists call “regulatory capture” and “policy failure.” As a result, the public interest is often left unprotected while the various legislative and regulatory bodies vie for jurisdictional authority over cable television.

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Titel: Regulatory (de) Convergence: Localism, Federalism, and Nationalism in American Telecommunications Policy
verfasst von: Christopher Ali
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Media Convergence and Deconvergence
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-51288-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-51289-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51289-1_14

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