Necessary knowledge for communications policy: information asymmetries and commercial data access and usage in the policymaking process.

From: Federal Communications Law Journal | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: Napoli, Philip M.; Seaton, Michelle | Copyright information

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...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Tracking new trends in drug use
Journal of Drug Issues ; ... most frequently used data sources, less common ones, such as news media and telephone help lines, may also yield useful information ... research related to drug markets, and even telephone help lines and news media (Table 1). Since the late 1990s, general population and ...
(book reviews)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics ; ... electronic data access sites. The latter do not include Web sites and this is one of the drawbacks of this book. First, the good news. The authors do a comprehensive job in identifying and describing data sources available to a wide audience of potential users ...
Dynamic Servers: New XML Trend?(Bluestone ships bluestone XML-Server)(Product Announcement)
Internet World ; Analysts see new Bluestone system as first in wave of Java-based, app-oriented servers BLUESTONE SOFTWARE has shipped its Bluestone XML-Server, a prepackaged system aimed at helping customers exploit the advantages of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) for data interchange without having to build
Intelligent retrieval tool. (TRW Business Intelligence Systems' product)
Software Industry Report ; INTELLIGENT RETRIEVAL TOOL TRW Business Intelligence Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed an intelligent information retrieval access software package that provides a single user interface to multiple data sources. The software called TRW Smart Search works by providing an easy-to-use
Data integration: what you need to know before you begin: successful data integration is crucial to improved productivity in biopharmaceutical R&D. (industry insight).
Scientific Computing & Instrumentation ; Through data integration, researchers and program directors can discover relationships enabling them to make smarter decisions about targets and drug candidates. Given the substantial gains that can be achieved by more focused selection of targets and leads, effective data integration holds the