Draws on contemporary work in political and social theory to highlight concepts and conceptual schemes for viewing the political dimension of telecommunications policy and regulation. Offers ways of expanding the discussion of policy issues and of seeing the politics of policy that do justice to the central role of telecommunications in modern…

Describes the history of the Chilean TV system, focusing on the quantitative and qualitative decline that resulted from the 1973 change of government. Suggests that the current trend toward a return to a representative democracy may help revitalize Chilean TV. (ARH)

Describes the controversies taking place in Sweden, West Germany, and England regarding the advisability of government subsidies as a way of maintaining a free and viable press in a period of economic strife. (JMF)

This discussion of the possibilities in televising Congressional sessions is a part of a symposium on legislative and judicial communications. (CH)

Reviews the roles of the Federal Communications Commission, the public and the manufacturers in the first thirty years of citizens band radio. (MH)

Contrasts the telecommunications policies of Britain, which privatized the industry, and France, which chose governmental monopoly and state enterprise, in the context of the U. S. divestiture of American Telephone and Telegraph (A.T. & T.).

Analyzes Spain's Plan Electronico e Informatico Nacional (PEIN), which sets a governmental industrial policy for information technologies. Asserts that the process of forming a national policy and the projects approved under that policy is less concerned with decreasing foreign dependency, and more concerned with which groups would benefit most…

Describes the activities of the Societe Financiere de Radiodiffusion (SOFIRAD), a government-owned corporation to promote political, cultural, and business interests via a complex network of media holdings. (PD)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 25 entries dealing with the history, development, and future of public broadcasting, including the role of the federal government and the educational function of the public broadcasting system. (JMF)

Part of a symposium on studies of legislative and judicial communications. (CH)

Reviews the empirical evidence cited by the FCC in favor of increasing the allowable number of radio and TV stations owned by one group. Argues FCC was biased in favor of deregulation despite weighty evidence indicating continued need for regulation. (MS)

Points out that global telecommunications development can be achieved through industry and government's participation in training programs such as the United States Telecommunications Training Institute, which provides free training for men and women from the Third World. (PD)

Presents an industry point of view on transborder data flow and gives recommendations for an objective evaluation of its importance. (PD)

Investigates the legal issue of whether the FCC has authority to adopt a rule or policy embodying the family viewing concept. (MH)

Describes the rise of local, independent radio stations as a direct result of the realization that, as a result of public monopolies and political interests, there is in fact no choice available in broadcast programing. (JMF)