Public Policy, Law, and Ethics in
Information
Networking
Prepared for the Virtual College at Fort Hays State
Uinversity
phone: 785-628-5578
e-mail: amorin@fhsu.edu
Material for students in both POLS 675 and POLS 675
Click here for links to jobs in the national government, jobs in the government of the state of Kansas, and to graduate degrees. For a list of on-line sources, including a link to hundreds of libraries, click here.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. You will demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills
via class assignments, exams,
and class participation.
2. You will gain an understanding of the policy process.
3. You will gain a greater appreciation of the meaning of IN.
4. You will understand that there are regulatory agencies, legislative
(sub)committees,
corporations, etc. that have interest or
investment
in information networking.
5. You will gain an understanding of telecommunications policy issues
at the subnational,
national, and international levels.
6. You gain an appreciation of some of the ethical questions relating
to IN.
If at any time you have a question about any aspect of the course, please contact me. Regarding assignments and tests: do not cheat or plagiarize. If you cheat or plagiarize, it is grounds for receiving a failing grade in the course. For FHSU's policy on Academic Honesty, click here. In order to earn an "A" in the class, you will need to earn at least 90% of what is possible. In order to earn a "B" in the class, you will need to earn at least 83% of what is possible. In order to earn a "C" in the class, you will need to earn at least 73% of what is possible. In order to earn a "D" in the class, you will need to earn at least 63% of what is possible. Otherwise you will receive a "U" for a grade.
Some Titles of Interest (not required for the course):
Aufderheide, Patricia. 1999. Communications
Policy
and the Public Interest The Telecommunications Act of 1996.
New
York: The Guilford Press.
Auletta, Ken. 2001. World War 3.0
Microsoft
and Its Enemies. New York: Random House. ISBN: 0-375-50366-8
John C. Baker, Beth E. Lachman, Dave R. Frelinger,
Kevin M. O'Connell,
Alexander Hou, Michael S. Tseng, David Orletsky, Charles Yost, 2004. Mapping the Risks Assessing
the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial
Information. Santa Monica: RAND. ISBN: 0-8330-3547-9
Edward Balkovich, Tora K. Bikson, Gordon Bitko.
2005. 9 to 5: Do You Know If
Your Boss Knows Where You Are? Case Studies of Radio Frequency
Identification Usage in the Workplace. Santa Monica: RAND. ISBN:
0-8330-3719-6
Borgmann, Albert. 1999. Holding On to
Reality
The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millenium. Chicago:
The
University of Chicago Press.
Brenner, Daniel L. 1996. Law and Regulation of
Common Carriers in the Communications Industry, Second Edition.
Boulder
and Oxford: Westview Press, Inc. ISBN: 0-8133-2740-7
Burkhart, Gary E. and Susan Older. 2003. The
Information
Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa. RAND.
Carter, T. Barton, Marc A. Franklin, and Jay Wright.
1999. The First Amendment and the Fifth Estate Regulation of
Electronic
Mass Media, Fifth Edition. New York: Foundation Press. ISBN:
1-56662-811-3
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr. and James W. Cortada. 2000.
A
Nation Transformed by Information How Information Shaped the
United
States from Colonial Times to Present. Oxford and New York: Oxford
University Press.
Graafland-Essers, Imma and Emile Ettedgui. 2003. Benchmarking e-Government in
Europe and the US. Santa Monica: RAND. ISBN: 0-8330-3457-x
Heim, Michael. 1998. Virtual Realism. Oxford
University Press.
Hachigian, Nina and Lily Wu. 2003. The
Information
Revolution in Asia. RAND
Hundley, Richard O., Robert H. Anderson, Tara K.
Kikson, and C. Richr Neu. 2003. The Global Course of the
Information
Revolution Recurring Themes and Variations. RAND.
Klingler, Richard. 1996. The New Information
Industry Regulatory Challenges and the First Amendment.
Washington,
DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Kurzweil, Ray. 1999. The Age of Spiritual
Machines
When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence. New York: Penguin Books.
Lessig, Lawrence. 1999. Code And Other Laws of
Cyberspace. New York: Basic Books. ISBN: 0-465-03912-X.
Ludlow, Peter, editor. 2001. Crypto
Anarchy,
Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias. Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT
Press.
Newman, Nathan. 2002. Net Loss Internet
Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community. Penn State
University
Press. ISBN: 0-271-02205-1
Nylund, Eric. 1998. Signal to Noise. New
York: Avon Books.
Ronfeldt, David, John Arquilla, Graham E. Fuller,
and Melissa Fuller. 1998. The Zapatista Social Netwar in Mexico.
Santa Monica: RAND. ISBN: 0-8330-2656-9
Tehranian, Majid. 1999. Global Communication
and World Politics Domination, Development, and Discourse.
Boulder,
Colorado and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc./ISEA.
Web-based sources
Sources relevant to the policy-making process in
the U.S.
click here for the U.S.
Constitution
click here
for
national government
click here for a
lengthy
explanation of how national laws are made
click here for the
federal
budget
click here
for Kansas state government
click here for links to other
states
includes information about telecommunications regulation
click here to see
Hotbot's links for "City of Hays"
click here and here
for other sites relating to Hays
click here
for background on Marbury v. Madison
click here
for Federal Register
click here
to see part of how the utilities regulatory process works
in Kansas (thanks to Professor Mark Bannister for bringing this
site to my attention)
FCC's web site on The
Telecommunications
Act of 1996
click here for
the
text of the Act
click here for the beginnings of an analysis of the INT policy arena
click here
to access brief descriptions in the CIA Factbook of
countries around the world;
click here for United Nations;
click here for Organization
for
Economic Cooperation and
Development;
click here
for links to Non-Governmental Organizations)
Syllabus for POLS 675
Spring 2004: books for students in POLS 675
Philip M. Napoli. 2001. Foundations of
Communications
Policy Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic
Media.
Hampton Press. ISBN: 1-57273-342-X
Sharon K. Black. 2002. Telecommunications Law
in the Internet Age. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN: 1-55860-546-0
Jennifer Manner. 2002. Global Telecommunications
Market Access. Artech House. ISBN: 1-58053-306-X
Pare, Daniel. 2003. Internet Governance in
Transition
Who is the Master of This Domain? Rowman & Littlefield.
ISBN:
0-7425-1846-9
Lessig. Lawrence. 2001. The Future of
Ideas
The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World. Random House. ISBN:
0-375-50578-4
Anton, Silberglitt, Schneider. 2001. The Global
Technology Revolution Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their
Synergies
with Information Technology by 2015. RAND. ISBN: 0-8330-2949-5.
Available
as a "downloadable PDF file" at
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1307/MR1307.pdf
- click here
If you read 25 pages a day, not including Saturdays, Sundays, or Spring Break, you will finish all of the books about two weeks before the end of the semester.
Assignments
ASSIGNMENT ONE: Make sure you participate in the
Blackboard discussions on a regular basis. You must
make at least one comment to each 'topic' that is posted.
To access the blackboard site simply click here.
Worth
500 points.
ASSIGNMENT TWO: List the offices and bureaus of The
FCC .
Worth 25 points. Due January 20. Please send as an e-mail
attachment.
ASSIGNMENT THREE
Part one: The
Subcommittee on Communications
of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Space and Transportation
held a hearing relating to E-911. Summarize the hearing in a
two-page report (click here
for the hearing). Worth 150 points.
Due January 26. Please send as an e-mail attachment.
Part two: Check out the letter from the Subcommittee on
Telecommunications
and the Internet of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
to the FCC (click here).
Briefly explain the issue, then summarize the
material in the second, third, and fourth links found in the section
labeled
"Related Documents." Worth 150 points. Due January 28.
Please
send as an e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENTS FOUR THROUGH 15: Provide a one-page
summary of each chapter in the Napoli book. Each summary is
worth 25 points. Due no later than February 13. Please send
these outlines as e-mail attachments.
ASSIGNMENT 16: Write a two-to-three page (not necessarily
negative) critique of the Napoli book Worth 100 points. Due
no later than the February 13. Please send this critique as an
e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENT 17-26: Provide a one-page summary of each
chapter in the Black book. Each summary is worth 25 points.
Due no later than March 1. Please send these summaries as
e-mail attachments.
ASSIGNMENT 27: Write a two-to-three page (not necessarily
negative) critique of the Black book. Worth 100 points.
Due no later than March 1. Please send this critique as an
e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENTS 28-37: Provide a one-page summary of each
chapter in the Manner book. Each summary is worth 25 points.
Due no later than March 19. Please send the summaries as e-mail
attachments.
ASSIGNMENT 38: Write a two-to-three page (not necessarily
negative) critique of the Manner book. Worth 100 points.
Due no later than March 19. Please send this assignment as an
e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENTS 39-45: Provide a one-page summary of each
chapter in the Pare book. Each summary is worth 25 points.
Due no later than April 5. Please send the summaries as e-mail
attachments.
ASSIGNMENT 46: Write a two-to-three page (not necessarily
negative) critique of the Pare book. Worth 100 points. Due no
later than April 5. Please send this assignment as an e-mail
attachment.
ASSIGNMENTS 47-61: Provide a one-page summary of each
chapter in the Lessig book. Each summary is worth 25 points.
Due no later than April 23. Please send the summaries as e-mail
attachments.
ASSIGNMENT 62: Write a two-to-three page (not necessarily
negative) critique of the Lessig book. Worth 100 points. Due
no
later than April 23. Please send this assignment as an e-mail
attachment.
ASSIGNMENT 63: List and discuss five ethical issues relating
to
INT that in your opinion come out of the Anton, et al book. This
essay
should be at least six pages long. Use at least ten other sources
and
make sure to cite them properly and list them in a 'Works Cited' page.
Worth 800 points. Due no later than May 5. Please send
as an
e-mail attachment.
Syllabus for POLS 775
Spring 2004: books for students in POLS 775 (Graduate students)
Benjamin, Lichtman, and Shelanski. 2001. Telecommunications
Law and Policy. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN: 0-89089-625-9
I will refer to this book
as 'BLS'
Benjamin, Lichtman, and Shelanski. 2003. Telecommunications
Law and Policy 2003 Cumulative Supplement. Carolina
Academic
Press. ISBN: 0-89089-748-4
I will refer to this book
as '2003 Supplement'
Sharon K. Black. 2002. Telecommunications Law
in the Internet Age. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN: 1-55860-546-0 (you may
find that you can skim parts of this book)
Jennifer Manner. 2002. Global Telecommunications
Market Access. Artech House. ISBN: 1-58053-306-X
Pare, Daniel. 2003. Internet Governance in
Transition
Who is the Master of This Domain? Rowman & Littlefield.
ISBN:
0-7425-1846-9
Lessig. Lawrence. 2001. The Future of
Ideas
The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World. Random House. ISBN:
0-375-50578-4
Anton, Silberglitt, Schneider. 2001. The Global
Technology Revolution Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their
Synergies
with Information Technology by 2015. RAND. ISBN: 0-8330-2949-5.
Available
as a "downloadable PDF file" at
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1307/MR1307.pdf
- click here.
If you read 35 pages a day, not including Sundays or Spring Break, you will finish all of the books approximately three weeks before the end of the semester.
Except for blackboard participation, the research paper and assignment four, please send all assignments as e-mail attachments.
ASSIGNMENT ONE: Make sure you participate in the
Blackboard discussions on a regular basis. You must
make at least one comment to each 'topic' that is posted.
To access the blackboard site simply click here.
Worth
500 points.
ASSIGNMENT TWO: List the offices and bureaus of The
FCC .
Worth 25 points. Due January 20.
ASSIGNMENT THREE
Part one: The
Subcommittee on Communications
of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Space and Transportation
held a hearing relating to E-911. Summarize the hearing in a
two-page report (click here
for the hearing). Worth 150 points.
Due January 26.
Part two: Check out the letter from the Subcommittee on
Telecommunications
and the Internet of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
to the FCC (click here).
Briefly explain the issue, then summarize the
material in the second, third, and fourth links found in the section
labeled
"Related Documents." Worth 150 points. Due January 28.
ASSIGNMENT FOUR: Each graduate student will be given a
specific set of duties based on the two books by Benjamin,
Lichtman and Shelanski (referred to as 'BLS' and 'the 2003
Supplement'). One type of duty will be to summarize a particular
part of one of the books (more specific instructions are provided
below). Another type of duty will be to react/critique the
summary of another student. Both the summary and reaction/
critique will be posted on the Blackboard site. The number of times
each of these duties will be performed will depend on how many
graduate students enroll in the course. Performance of one of
these
duties is worth 75 points.
‘BLS’ and ‘the 2003 Supplement’ The list below describes the
'duty' of the student who is to summarize the particular section from
either 'BLS' or 'the 2003 supplment,' starting with item 4.a. One
student will be assigned the 'duty' of completing the assignment
in one of the items in the list below. That student will post
her or
his response on Blackboard. Another student will be assigned
the 'duty' of reacting/critiquing the first student's assignment.
That reaction/criticism will also be posted on Blackboard.
Other students may also react or critique the assignment.
1. “Introduction A Regulatory Overview” pages 3-8 (no ‘duties’)
2. Ch 1 “An Introduction to Broadcast Regulation” pages 11-34 (no
‘duties’)
a. How many different ways are there to allocate
spectrum use?
3. Chapter 2 “Why Regulate Broadcast?” pages 35-55 (no ‘duties’)
a. What arguments were used initially to justify
regulation? Are these arguments still valid?
b. What are the basic points in Coase’s testimony,
starting on page 37 and again on page 50?
c. What are the basic points made by Benkler and
Lessig in their article, starting on page 40?
d. What are the basic points made in Hazlett’s
article,
starting on page 42?
e. What are public goods and of what relevance are
they to the question of whether government
should regulate?
f. Do consumers know best? Why or why not?
(You may find question four, on page 55, a
helpful way to organize your
thoughts.)
4. Ch 3 “How We Regulate Broadcast” pages 57-79 (‘duties’ begin
with
item 4.a)
a. What is the FCC and what does it do? (See
also http://www.fcc.gov/aboutus.html)
4.a due Jan 23;
critique/reaction
due Jan 24
b. Insert section 1.1 from the 2003 Supplement
c. What was the purpose of the notice that starts
on page 66? What proposals were
offered and what analysis was
used to justify those proposals?
4.c due Jan 23;
critique/reaction
due Jan 24
d. Here insert section 1.2 from the 2003 supplement.
i. What did the FCC decide
in “Spectrum Aggregation Limits for Commercial Mobile
Radio
Services” (beginning on page 4) and what rationale or analysis did it
use
to
substantiate
its decision?
4.d.i. due Jan 23;
critique/reaction
due Jan 24
e. What did the FCC accomplish in the order starting
on page 73? Explain the FCC’s
analysis and justification
(you may find the notes and questions beginning on page
77 to be useful).
4.e due Jan 23;
critique/reaction
due Jan 24
f. Insert section 1.3 from the 2003 Supplement
i. What recommendations
were made by the Task Force and why in “Spectrum
Policy
Task Force Report” (beginning on page 12)?
4.f.i. due Jan 23;
critique/reaction
due Jan 24
ii. What are the important
points made by Benkler in “Some Economics of Wireless
Communications”
(starting on page 25)?
4.f.ii. due Jan 26;
critique/reaction
due Jan 27
5. Ch 4 “License Hearings at the FCC (1934-1998)” pages 81-137
a. What is a comparative hearing?
5.a due Jan 26;
critique/reaction
due Jan 27
b. What happened in “In Re H.E. Studebacker” and
why?
5.b due Jan 26;
critique/reaction
due Jan 27
c. What happened in “In Re Charles Henry Gunthorpe,
Jr.” and why?
5.c due Jan 26;
critique/reaction
due Jan 27
d. Briefly explain “FCC Policy Statement on
Comparative
Broadcast Hearings”
starting on page 86.
5.d due Jan 26;
critique/reaction
due Jan 27
e. What did the court decide in “Metro Broadcasting,
Inc. v. FCC” (starting
on page 90) and what
logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
What points were raised in the
dissents?
5.e due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
f. What did the court decide in “Lutheran
Church-Missouri
Synod v FCC”
(starting on page 104) and what
logic/analysis did the court use to reach its
decision?
5.f due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
g. What did the court decide in “Citizens
Communications
Center v. FCC” (starting
on page 113) and what
logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
5.g due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
h. What did the court decide in “Central Florida
Enterprises. v. FCC” (starting on page
116) and what logic/analysis did
the court use to reach its decision?
5.h due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
i. Respond to either question one or question two
on page 123.
5.i due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
j. What happened in “Changes in the Entertainment
Formats of Broadcast Stations”
(beginning on page 124) and why?
5.j due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
k. What did the court decide in “WNCN Listeners
Guild v. FCC” (starting on page
126) and what logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
5.k due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
l. What did the court decide in “FCC v. WNCN
Listeners
Guild (starting on page 129)
and what logic/analysis did the
court use to reach its decision? What points were
raised in the dissent?
5.l due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
m. What were the issues in “In Re Application of
Simon Geller” (starting on page 132)?
What did the FCC decide
and why?
5.m due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
6. Ch 5 “The Transition From Hearings to Auctions” pages 139-155
a. What were the issues in “In Re Prevention of
Abuses of the Renewal Process”
(starting on page
140)?
What did the FCC decide and why?
6.a due Jan 28;
critique/reaction
due Jan 29
b. What were the issues in “In Re Implementation
of Section 309(J) of the
Communications Act –
Competitive
Bidding for Commercial Broadcast
Licenses” (starting on page
147)? What did the FCC decide and why?
6.b due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
c. Insert Section 1.4 from the 2003 Supplement
i. What did the court decide
in “Nextwave Personal Communications v
FCC”
(starting
on page 33) and what logic/analysis did the court use
to reach
its decision? What important points were raised by the dissent?
6.c due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
7. Ch 6 “The Licensee as Public Trustee” pages 157-287
a. What did the court decide in “Miami Herald
Publishing
Co. v. Tornillo”
(starting on page 159) and
what logic/analysis did the court use to reach its
decision?
7.a due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
b. What did the court decide in “Red Lion
Broadcasting
Co. v. FCC” (starting
on page 161) and what
logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decisions?
7.b due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
c. What issues were raised in the FCC’s “Fairness
Doctrine Report” (starting on
page 168)? What
conclusions
did the FCC reach, if any? Why?
7.c due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
d. What issues were raised in “In Re Complaint of
Syracuse Peace Council”
(starting on page 150) and what
did the FCC decide and why?
7.d due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
e. What issues were raised in the FCC’s “In Re
Request
of ABC, Inc. for
Declaratory Ruling” (starting
on page 190)? What did the FCC decide and why?
7.e due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
f. What issues were raised in the FCC’s “In Re
Request
for Declaratory Ruling of
National Association of
Broadcasters
Regarding Section 312(A)(7) of the
Communications Act” (starting
on page 196)? What was the FCC’s decision?
What was the rationale of the
decision?
7.f due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
g. What issues were raised in the FCC’s “In Re
Petition
for Reconsideration by
People for the American
Way and Media Access Project of Declaratory Ruling
Regarding Section 312(A)(7)
of the Communications Act” (starting on page 199)?
What did the FCC decide?
Why?
7.g due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
h. What did the court decide in “FCC v. Pacifica
Foundation” (starting on page 204)
and what logic/analysis
did the court use to reach that decision? What points were
raised in the dissents?
7.h due Jan 30;
critique/reaction
due Jan 31
i. What decision was made by the FCC in “In Re
Pacifica
Foundation [Jerker]”
(starting on page 215) and why?
7.i due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
j. What decision did the court make in “Action for
Children’s Television v. FCC
[Act III] and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach that decision? What points
were raised by the dissents?
7.j due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
k. Summarize Balkin’s “Media Filters, The V-Chip,
and the Foundations of
Broadcast Regulation”
(starting
on page 242).
7.k due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
l. What issues were raised in “In Re Children’s
Television Programming and
Advertising Practices” (starting
on page 255)? What decision did the FCC make
and why?
7.l due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
m. What issues were raised in “Policies and Rules
Concerning Children’s
Television
Programming”
(starting on page 260)? What did the FCC decide and
why?
7.m due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
n. What issues were raised in “Policies and Rules
Concerning Children’s Television
Programming” (starting on
page 263)? What did the FCC decide and why?
7.n due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
o. Summarize “In Re Deregulation of Commercial
Television”
(starting on page 279).
7.o due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
8. Ch 7 “Fostering Competition in Broadcasting” pages 289-324
a. Summarize Besen et al’s “Misregulating
Television”
(starting on page 291 and
again on page 298).
8.a due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
b. What did the court decide in “Schurz
Communications
v. FCC” (starting on
page 304) and what
logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
8.b due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
c. What issues were raised in the FCC’s “Biennial
Report, Review of the
Commission’s Broadcast Rules and
Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section
202 of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996” (starting on page 314)? What
position did the FCC end up taking
and why?
8.c due Feb 2;
critique/reaction
due Feb 3
d. Insert section 2.1 from 2003 Supplement
i. What did the court decide
in “Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC”
(starting
on page 41) and what logic/analysis did it use to reach its decision?
8.d.i. due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
ii. What did the court
decide
in “Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. v. FCC”
(starting
on page 53) and what logic/analysis did it use to reach its decision?
8.d.ii. due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
iii. Briefly summarize the
rules discussed in “FCC Sets Limits on Media
Concentration” (pages 66-75)
8.d.iii. due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
iv. What did the FCC decide
in “2002 Biennial Regulatory Review: Review
of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules
Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of
1996” (starting on page 75) and why? What important points were raised
by Mr. Copps in his dissent?
8.d.iv due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
9. Ch 8 “Case Studies in Low Power FM Radio and Digital Television”
pages 325-367
a. Summarize pages 325-331.
9.a due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
b. What issues were raised in FCC’s “In Re Advanced
Television Systems”
(starting on page
334)?
What course of action would you have recommended
to the FCC and why?
9.b due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
c. What issues were raised in FCC’s “In Re Advanced
Television Systems”
(starting on page
341)?
What did the FCC decide and why?
9.c due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
d. What issues were raised in FCC’s “In Re Advanced
Television Systems”
(starting on page
351)?
What did the FCC decide and why?
9.c due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
e. Summarize “Final Report of the Advisory Committee
on Public Interest
Obligations of Digital Television
Broadcasters” – the report of the Gore
Commission (starting on page 361).
9.e due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
f. Insert section 2.2 from 2003 Supplement
g. Insert section 2.3 from 2003 Supplement
i. Briefly summarize the FCC’s decision and analysis
in “Establishment of Rules
and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio
Satellite Service Band” (starting on page 114).
9.i due Feb 4;
critique/reaction
due Feb 5
10. Ch 9 “Cable Basics and the Early History” pages 371-411
a. Explain the term ‘natural monopoly’ (consult
pages 374-380)
10.a due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
b. Insert section 3.1 from 2003 Supplement
i. Briefly summarize “Annual
Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market
for the
Delivery of Video Programming” (starting on page 122).
10.b due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
c. Summarize Besen and Crandall’s “The Deregulation
of Cable Television” (starting
on page 380).
10.c due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
d. What did the court decide in “Home Box Office
(HBO) v. FCC” (starting on page
391) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
10.d due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
e. What did the court decide in “Group W Cable,
Inc. v. City of Santa Cruz”
(starting on page 400) and
what logic/analysis did the court use to reach its decision?
10.e due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
11. Ch 10 “Rate Regulation and Local Franchise Authority” pages
413-440
a. What issues were raised in FCC’s “Rate Regulation
of Cable Services” (starting on
page 414)? What did
the FCC decide and why? (See also “Note on Rate Regulation”
starting on page 425.)
11.a due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
b. What did the court decide in “Time Warner
Entertainment
Co. v. FCC” (starting on
page 431) and what
logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
11.b due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
c. What did the FCC decide in “Rate Regulation of
Cable Service” (starting on page
438) and why?
11.c due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
12. Ch 11 “The Broadcast/Cable Relationship” pages 441-498
a. What did the court decide in “United Video v.
FCC” (starting on page 446) and
what logic/analysis did
the court use to reach its decision?
12.a due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
b. What did the court decide in “Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. v. FCC
[Turner I]” (starting on
page 456) and what logic/analysis did the court use to
reach its decision?
What points were raised in the concurring opinion? What
points were raised in the
dissent?
12.b due Feb 6;
critique/reaction
due Feb 7
c. What did the court decide in “Turner Broadcasting
System, Inc. v. FCC
[Turner II]” (starting on
page 474) and what logic/analysis did the court use to
reach its decision?
What points were raised in the concurring and dissenting opinions?
12.c due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
d. Insert section 3.2 from 2003 Supplement
e. Insert section 3.3 from 2003 Supplement
i. What was the FCC’s
decision
and analysis in “Carriage of Digital Television
Broadcast
Signals” (starting on page 129)?
12.e.i. due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
13. Ch 12 “Structural Limitations” pages 499-539
a. What issues were raised in “Implementation of
Section 11 of the Cable Television
Consumer Protection and
Competition Act of 1992” (starting on page 501)? What
did the FCC decide and why?
13.a due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
b. What issues were raised in “Implementation of
Section 11( C) of the Cable Television
Consumer Protection and
Competition Act of 1992” (starting on page 508)? What
did the FCC decide and why?
13.b due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
c. Summarize “Judicial Review” (starting on page
522).
13.c due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
d. What issues were raised in “Development of
Competition
and Diversity in Video
Programming Distribution
and Carriage” (starting on page 525)? What did the FCC
decide and why?
13.d due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
14. Ch 13 “Direct Broadcast Satellite” pages 541-566
a. What did the court decide in “CBS Broadcasting
v. Primetime 24” (starting on page
544) and what logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
14.a due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
b. Summarize "The Satellite Television Act of 1999”
(starting on page 551).
14.b due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
c. Insert section 3.4 from 2003 Supplement
i. What did the court decide
in “Satellite Broadcasting and Communications
Association
v. FCC” (starting on page 131) and what logic/analysis did it use to
reach
its decision?
14.c.i. due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
d. Insert section 3.5 from 2003 Supplement
e. What did the court decide in “Time Warner
Entertainment
Co. v. FCC” (starting
on page 558) and what
logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
14.e due Feb 9;
critique/reaction
due Feb 10
f. What did the court decide in “Time Warner
Entertainment
Co. v. FCC” (starting
on page 561) and what
logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
14.f due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
15. Ch 14 “Indecency Revisited” pages 567-601
a. What did the court decide in “Cruz v Ferre”
(starting
on page 567) and what
logic/analysis did the court
use to reach its decision?
15.a due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
b. What did the court decide in “Denver area
Education
Telecommunications
Consortium, Inc. v. FCC”
(starting on page 570) and what logic/analysis did it use
to reach its decision?
What points were raised in the concurring and dissenting
opinions?
15.b due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
c. What did the court decide in “United States v
Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.”
(starting on page 588) and what
logic/analysis did the court use to reach its
decision? What points were
raised in the dissent?
15.c due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
16. Ch 15 “An Introduction to Telephone Regulation” pages 605-639
a. Summarize “Federal Telecommunications Law”
(starting
on page 607 and ending
on page 610).
16.a due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
b. Summarize pages 610-623
16.b due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
c. Summarize “Federal Communications Law”
starting on page 624)
16.c due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
d. Summarize “The Titanic Remembered: AT&T and
the Changing World of
Telecommunications”
(starting
on page 629 and ending on page 635)
16.d due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
e. Summarize “In the Matter of Policy and rules
Concerning Rates for Dominant
Carriers” (starting on page
636)
16.e due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
17. Ch 16 “Breakup of the Bell Monopoly” pages 641-679
a. What did the court decide in “United States v.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.” (starting on page 643)
and what logic/analysis did the court use to reach its decision?
17.a due Feb 11;
critique/reaction
due Feb 12
b. Summarize “The Anticompetitive Uses of
Regulation:
United States v. AT&T” (starting on
page 664).
17.b due Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
18. Ch 17 “Issues Post-Divestiture” pages 681-714
a. What did FCC order in “In Re Policy & Rules
concerning Rates for Dominant Carriers”
(starting on page 683) and
what logic/analysis did it use to reach its decision?
18.a Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
b. Summarize “The Titanic Remembered: AT&T and
the Changing World of
Telecommunications”
(starting
on page 691).
18.b Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
c. What did the court decide in “United States v.
Western Electric Co.” (starting on page
693) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
18.c Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
d. What did the court decide in “United States v.
Western Electric Co.” (starting on page
700) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
18.d Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
e. What did the court decide in “California v FCC
[Computer III]” (starting on page 704)
and what logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
18.e Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
19. Ch 18 “The Telecommunications Act of 1996” pages 715-791
a. What did FCC order in “In Re Implementation of
the Local Competition Provisions of
the Telecommunications Act
of 1996” (starting on page 719) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach its
decision?
19.a Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
b. What did the court decide in “AT&T v. Iowa
Utilities Board” (starting on page 725)
and what logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
19.b Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
c. Summarize pages 731-734
19.c Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
d. Insert section 4.7.3 from 2003 Supplement
e. What did FCC order in “In Re Implementation of
the Local Competition Provisions of
the Telecommunications Act
of 1996” (starting on page 735) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach that
decision?
19.e Feb 13;
critique/reaction
due Feb 14
f. Insert section 4.1 from 2003 Supplement
g. Insert section 4.2 from 2003 Supplement
i. Briefly summarize “In
Re Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent
Local
Exchange Carriers” (starting on page 148).
19.g.i. due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
ii. What did the court
decide
in “United States Telecom Association v FCC” (starting on
page 160) and what logic/analysis did it use to reach its decision?
19.g.ii. due Feb 16;
critique/reaction due Feb 17
iii. Briefly summarize pp.
167-184
19.g.iii. due Feb 16;
critique/reaction due Feb 17
h. What did the court decide in “Iowa Utilities
Board v. FCC” (starting on page 743) and
what logic/analysis did
it use to reach its decision?
19.h due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
i. Insert section 4.3 from 2003 Supplement
i. What did the court decide
in “Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC” (starting on page
184) and
what logic/analysis did it use to reach its decision?
19.i.i. due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
j. Summarize and comment on pages 749-751.
19.j due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
k. What did FCC order in “In Re Implementation of
the Local Competition Provisions of
the Telecommunications Act
of 1996” (starting on page 751) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach its
decision?
19.k due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
l. What did the court decide in “AT&T v. FCC”
(starting on page 758) and what logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
19.l due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
m. What did the court decide in “SBC Communications,
Inc. v. FCC” (starting on page 762)
and what logic/analysis
did the court use to reach its decision?
19.m due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
n. Insert section 4.7.1 from 2003 Supplement
o. Summarize the recommendations made by the Joint
Board – see “FCC News Release:
Joint Board Adopts Universal
Service Recommendations” (starting on page 771).
19.o due Feb 16;
critique/reaction
due Feb 17
p. What did FCC order in “In Re Federal-State Board
on Universal Service” (starting on
page 773) and what
logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
19.p due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
q. What did FCC order in “In Re Access Charge
Reform”
(starting on page 784) and
what logic/analysis did
it use to reach its decision?
19.q due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
r. Insert section 4.4 from 2003 Supplement
i. What was the purpose
of the FCC’s “Developing a Unified Compensation Regime”
(starting
on page 203) and what rationale did the FCC use to bolster its purpose?
19.r.i. due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
s. Insert section 4.7.2 from 2003 Supplement
20. Ch 19 “Mergers and Acquisitions” pages 823-826
a. Summarize pages 793-797.
20.a due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
b. What did FCC order in “In Re Applications of
Ameritech Corp., Transferor, and
SBC Communications, Inc.,
Transferee, for Consent to Transfer Control of Licenses
for Lines Pursuant to
Sections
214 and 310(D) of the Communications Act” (starting
on page 797) and what
logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
20.b due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
c. Summarize “Separate Statement of Commissioner
Harold Furchtgott-Roth,
Concurring in Prat,
Dissenting
in Part” (starting on page 807 and ending on page 814).
20.c due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
d. Summarize “Statement of Michael K. Powell,
Concurring
in Part, Dissenting in Part”
(starting on page 814)
20.d due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
e. Summarize “Statement of Chairman William E.
Kennard”
(starting on page 818).
20.e due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
f. Summarize “Statement of Harold Furchtgott-Roth”
(starting on page 820).
20.f due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
g. Insert section 4.5 from 2003 Supplement
i. Briefly summarize what
the FCC decided in “In Re Applications for Consent to the
Transfer
of Control of Licenses and Section 214 Authorizations by Time Warner
Inc.
and
America
Online, Inc., Transferors, to AOL Time Warner Inc., Transferee”
(starting
on page 210) and the analysis/rationale used by the FCC to reach its
decision.
What
important
points were made by Powell in his dissent?
20.g.i. due Feb 18;
critique/reaction
due Feb 19
h. Insert section 4.6 from 2003 Supplement
i. What did the court decide
n “Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko v. Bell Atlantic”
(starting
on page 219) and what logic/analysis did the court use to reach its
decision?
20.h.i. due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
21. Ch 20 “The Internet and Its Regulation” pages 827-865
a. Summarize pages 828-837.
21.a due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
b. Summarize “A Framework for Global Electronic
Commerce” (starting on page 837).
21.b due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
c. What did the court decide in “Sable
Communications
of California, Inc. v. FCC”
(starting on page 839) and
what logic/analysis did it use to reach its decision?
21.c due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
d. What did FCC decide in “In Re Regulations
Concerning
Indecent Communications
by Telephone” (starting
on page 845) and what logic/analysis did it use to reach its
decision?
21.d due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
e. What did the court decide in “Reno v. ACLU”
(starting
on page 848) and what
logic/analysis did it use
to reach its decision?
21.e due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
f. Insert section 5.1 from 2003 Supplement
i. What did the court decide
in “Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union” (starting on
page 236)
and what logic/analysis did the court use to reach its decision? What
important
points were raised by Stevens in his dissent?
21.f.i. due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
22. Ch 21 “Advanced Services and Internet Architecture” pages
867-925
a. Summarize “Inquiry Concerning the Deployment
of Advanced Telecommunications”
(starting on page 867).
22.a due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
b. Insert section 5.2 from 2003 Supplement
c. What did FCC order in “In the Matter of
Implementation
of the Local Competition
Provisions of the
Telecommunications
Act of 1996” (starting on page 881) and what
logic/analysis did it use?
22.c due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
d. What did FCC order in “In the Matters of
Deployment
of Wireline Services Offering
Advanced Telecommunications
Capability and Implementation of the Local
Telecommunications Act of
1996” (starting on page 886) and what logic/analysis did
it use to reach its
decision?
22.d due Feb 20;
critique/reaction
due Feb 21
e. Insert section 5.3 from 2003 Supplement
f. What did the court decide in “AT&T v. City
of Portland” (starting on page 895) and
what logic/analysis did it use
to reach its decision?
22.f due Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
g. What was FCC trying to ascertain in “Inquiry
Concerning High-Speed Access to the
Internet Over Cable and
Other Facilities” (starting on page 901)? Summarize its
logic/analysis.
22.g Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
h. Summarize “The Regulation of Broadband
Telecommunication,
The Principle of
Regulating Narrowly Defined
Input Bottlenecks, and Incentives for Investment and
Innovation” (starting on
page 912).
22.h Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
i. Insert section 5.4 from 2003 Supplement
i. Briefly explain
“High-Speed
Access to the Internet Over Cable and Other
Facilities”
(starting on page 259).
22.i.i. Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
j. Insert section 5.5 from 2003 Supplement
i. Briefly explain
“Appropriate
Framework for Broadband Access to the Internet
Over Wireline
Facilities” (starting on page 269).
22.j.i. Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
k. Summarize “The Digital Handshake:
Connecting
Internet Backbones” (starting on
page 916).
22.k Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
23. Ch 22 “Characterizing Internet Service Providers” pages 927-950
a. What did FCC decide in “In the Matter of Access
Charge Reform” (starting on
page 931) and what
logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
23.a Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
b. What issues were under consideration in “In Re
Implementation of the Local
Competition Provisions in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, Inter-carrier
Compensation for ISP-bound
Traffic”
(starting on page 935)? Summarize
and critique FCC’s response to
these issues.
23.b Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
c. What did the court decide in “Bell Atlantic
Telephone
Company v. FCC” (starting
on page 941) and what
logic/analysis
did it use to reach its decision?
23.c Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
d. Insert section 5.6 from 2003 Supplement
i. What did the FCC decide
in “In Re Intercarrier Compensation for ISP-Bound
Traffic”
(starting on page 277) and what rationale did it use to reach its
decision?
23.d.i. due Feb 23;
critique/reaction
due Feb 24
e. Summarize “In the Matter of the Federal-State
Joint Board on Universal Service”
(starting on page 946).
23.e due Feb 25;
critique/reaction
due Feb 26
24. Ch 23 “Why an FCC?” pages 951-978
a. What are the arguments in favor of a “yes” answer?
24.a due Feb 25;
critique/reaction
due Feb 26
b. What are the arguments in favor of a “no” answer?
24.b due Feb 25;
critique/reaction
due Feb 26
c. What are the arguments in favor of “it’s difficult to tell” answer?
24.c due Feb 25;
critique/reaction
due Feb 26
ASSIGNMENT FIVE: Write a four-page summary and critique of the
book by Black. Worth 200 points. Due March 11. Please
send as
an e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENT SIX: Write a four-page summary and critique of the
book by Manner. Worth 200 points. Due April 1. Please send
as
an e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENT SEVEN: Write a four-page summary and critique of the
book by Pare. Worth 200 points. Due April 15. Please send
as
an e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENT EIGHT: List and discuss five ethical issues relating to
INT that in your opinion come out of the Anton, et al book. This
essay
should be at least four pages long. Worth 200 points. Due
April 29.
Please send as an e-mail attachment.
ASSIGNMENT NINE: Write and turn in a research paper.
Worth 2,000 points. Please send through the regular mail to
Art Morin
MLS Program
Davis Hall 206
FHSU
Hays, KS 67601
Due May 5, 2004.
Research Project
You will complete a research project relating to the politics of INT
broadly defined. You can choose from one of the following options:
1. Write one paper on a particular INT issue that
considers all of the stages of the policy process
('Begin' 'Compare, Study,
Decide' 'Carry Out' 'Assess'). This paper must be at least 20
pages
in length
(typed, double-spaced) and
have at least 25 sources.
2. Write a position paper in which you propose a
specific policy regarding a particular issue and look
at the strengths and
weaknesses
of your proposal. Do not create a "straw man" proposal.
This
paper must be at least 20
pages in length (typed, double-spaced) and have at least 25 sources.
Instructions for writing a research or position paper
1. Identify a topic or issue relating to the politics of IN broadly
defined. Notify me of the topic and
communicate with me about it prior to beginning
the paper. Ideally, this step should be completed by the
end of the third week in the semester.
2. Begin research. Find resources through
(a) the Forsyth library's on-line catalog;
(b) internet searches;
(c) indexes in the library, such as the Social
Science Citation Index, The Reader's Guide to
Periodicals,
the index to the New York Times, the Social Science Index,
and so forth.
3. Begin writing the paper. Don't be afraid to write the middle
before you write the beginning and end.
Don't be afraid to revise. In fact, the less
you revise, the more likely you are to have problems with
your paper. You might find it helpful to
create
an outline at some point in the process that will help
you understand the direction and emphasis of your
paper.
4. Research, write, revise, write, revise, think, think, think, write,
revise, consult with me if you wish.
5. Write the paper. Assume that the audience for the paper is
relatively intelligent but has NOT taken
POLS 775.
6. Check citations and quotes for accuracy. Make sure to use
quote marks when you are quoting.
Include a citation in the following instances:
whenever you quote, whenever you use information
or an idea that you got from someone else, and
whenever
you are paraphrasing or summarizing
someone's argument. Make sure that all your
sources are cited in the paper; make sure that all the
sources cited in the paper appear in your
"References"
section at the back of the paper. You may use
(a) the in-text citation method, or
(b) the footnote citation method, or
(c) the endnote citation method.
Remember that the paper must be at least 20 pages
in length (typed, double-spaced) and have at
least 25 sources. Papers that fail to meet
any of the criteria listed in this step face the prospect of
receiving a zero.
7. Print the paper. Read the paper, looking for spelling and
other mistakes (technical and analytical).
Revise.
8. Re-print, re-read, re-vise.
9. Print final version. Make two copies; one for you, one for
me. Send my copy through the
postal service (Art Morin, MLS Program, Davis Hall, FHSU,
Hays KS 67601). It is due in my
office by April 23, 2004.