COMM 381:
Telecommunications Regulation—Spring 2003
l Comm 381 Home I Schedule
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This schedule is subject to change! Updated March 28,
2003
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Reading—PRIOR to class |
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Jan
14 |
Introduction |
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Jan
16 |
Economics |
Meyerson, Introduction and Conclusion |
3, 25-26 |
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Jan
21 |
Economics |
Browning: Public goods and
externalities |
27-36 |
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Jan
23 |
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Jan
28 |
Legal structure: courts
and Congress |
Pember: Chapter 1: legal system , handout on precedent |
37-70 |
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Jan
30 |
Legal structure: FCC |
Institutions of Telecom Policy,
FCC materials |
71-85 |
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Feb
4 |
First Amendment |
Middleton, Chamberlin, Trager and free
speech quotes |
87-112 |
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Feb
6 |
Comparing Media |
First Amendment applied to
different media |
113-119 |
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Feb
11 |
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Feb
13 |
Exam 1 Study guide |
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Feb
18 |
Broadcasting: Public Interest
regulation |
Intro to Broadcast
Regulation, Public Interest Obligations |
137-167 |
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Feb
20 |
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Feb
25 |
Children’s television
rules |
Children’s Education
Television, FCC 96-335 |
169-176 |
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Feb 27 |
Ownership rules |
Meyerson, Section IV (Broadcasters), FCC 99-209: Review of
Regulations |
19-21, 177-187 |
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Mar
4 |
Cable regulation |
Chapter Nine: Cable
Basics, Meyerson, Section III |
189-199, 13-19 |
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Mar 6 |
Cable competition |
Time Warner v. FCC |
201-206 |
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Spring Break |
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Mar
18 |
Cable: must-carry |
No assigned reading |
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Mar
20 |
Digital television |
HDTV FAQ, Origins of DTV |
207-223 |
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Mar
25 |
Digital
Must-carry rules, Satellite TV
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225-230
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Mar
27 |
Exam 2 Sample
Questions |
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April
1 |
Telephone Introduction |
Chapter 15: Intro to
telephone regulation, pricing handout |
231-250 |
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Apr
3 |
Telephone: local
competition |
Meyerson: ’96
Telecom Act telephone regulations Section II; FCC: Connecting the Globe,
Chapter 5 |
4-12, 251-257 |
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Apr 8 |
Telephone: Universal
service |
Universal
service summary, Gasman critique of universal service
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12-13,
259-268
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Apr 10 |
Broadband Late drop April 11 |
FCC,
Broadband Today Report, Brie Report
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269-301
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Apr
15 |
Broadband |
AT&T v. City of Portland |
303-310 |
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Apr
17 |
Copyright |
Copyright
Basics |
311-323 |
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Apr
22 |
Copyright |
A&M Records v.
Napster |
325-334 |
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Apr
24 |
Copyright |
Jackson article |
335-359 |
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Apr
29 |
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May
1 |
FINAL
EXAM
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