Necessary knowledge for communications policy: information asymmetries and commercial data access and usage in the policymaking process.: An article from: Federal Communications Law Journal

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From the author: Communications policymaking increasingly relies upon research derived from large-scale databases manufactured and marketed by commercial organizations. One byproduct of this situation is that substantial inequalities in access to these data arise. These information asymmetries can result in research that fails to reflect the policy considerations of the full range of interested stakeholders. This Article explores these issues via a ease study of the FCC's 2003 media ownership proceeding and offers suggestions for how existing disparities in access to policy-relevant data might be addressed.

Citation Details
Title: Necessary knowledge for communications policy: information asymmetries and commercial data access and usage in the policymaking process.
Author: Philip M. Napoli
Publication:Federal Communications Law Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Page: 295(36)

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