MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Dominick Fernow, Fairness Doctrine, Fellatio
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Pragmatic approach to government regulation of the media. Clear effects of a given regulation on society. Reflects the pragmatic focus on the tangible results of a belief: contingencies that measures the truth. Factors that should address the result of a specific situation. Contingent factors that influence possible types of regulation: social norms, predominant mediums, all types of technology present, american media must respond to particular set of regular or contingencies unique to the american context. Government regulation must always respond to these particular factors. Best regulations balance them: set of regular contingencies. Issues in the regulation of the american media (regulating media ownership) Six themes in how to critically respond to the regulation of media from a pragmatic stance: combating monopoly. This shows the deregulation, and increased self-media regulation: protecting intellectual property. Granting exclusive control of a creative work to that work"s creator: limited however. Small portions of work can be copied under the notion of fair use.
