A brief summary of the development and potential of cable television in the United States. (Author/AK)

Examines regulations for the audiovisual (broadcasting) media as laid down by the European Economic Community, as well as their implementation. Focuses also on the problem of small states and their television systems. Defines the characteristics of small state television systems and their strategies. Illustrates two extreme…

These three papers consider various models and mechanisms for the achievement of industrial standardization. The first, "Duopoly Compatibility Standards with Partial Cooperation and Standards Leadership" (Sanford V. Berg, University of Florida) presents a model of duopolists producing differentiated substitutes, and considers the…

Articles in this newsletter discuss the increasing abridgements of the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent rather than make self-incriminating statements; the power of the Federal Communications Commission to put broadcasters out of business, as demonstrated in the Star case; and a case in which three members of the Young Socialist Alliance…

This collection of 26 articles, written by mass communication experts from 12 countries, investigates various aspects of entertainment as communication, focusing on entertainment as provided by its currently most important source, mass media. The premise behind the essays is that there is no such thing as "pure entertainment," but that…

Intended to provide a single reference source for the most significant statistics describing communication industry trends in the United States since 1900, this book is a collection and assessment of the currently available quantitative descriptive information on mass media industries. The core of the book is its more than 300 tables of data on…

Contending that potential conflict between copyright and free speech inevitable if present provisions of the copyright bill providing copyright for television are enacted, the author suggests an alternative approach based on analysis of English and American background, copyright and the law of unfair competition, and policies of the copyright…

Despite deregulation, major barriers to the growth of U.S. information industries are not being addressed or are being addressed badly. As a result, the full potential of one of our highest productivity industries and its contribution to national productivity are not being realized. (PD)

A national survey was made to collect data about the information/communication industries in the United States today. Eleven industries were studied: television, radio, telephone, telegraph, postal service, newspaper, periodical, book publishing and printing, motion pictures, computer software, and cable television. The data collection scheme used…

Performing arts management and law are reviewed in detail in these volumes. Special attention is paid to the issue of copyright, both the current law and proposed changes, in the light of technological changes in the media used by the arts. Volume I describes the scope covered by this work, and discusses the market place, copyright, and contract.…

This paper argues that informal, intuitive, and unsystematic methods of operation are no longer adequate for the practitioners of mass communication. It presents a brief summary of the historical development of mass communication, followed by a general summary of mass communication research, relating mass communication to interpersonal…

The relationship between the television broadcast industry and the film industry in the European Economic Community is primarily characterized by the commissioning or coproducing of films by the television organization. This relationship is discussed in light of the Treaty of Rome and decisions of the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg. (JMF)

The report summarizes the work of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in regulating the broadcast industry, common carriers and other users of the broadcast spectrum. The report is written in simple non-technical language suitable for grade school children who write the FCC asking for information about its activities. (MG)