DOCIONEN? INSURE- . \,, ND 111 SQ2 - , CS 502 772' . T/TLE . Should the Federal 4 Government Significantly , ... ( . 1 Strengthen the Regulation Of'Hass MediaCommunication ; inithe United States? IntercollegiateDebate Topic, ) 1979-1980, Pursuant to PublicLaw 88-246. ,IRSTITUTION Library 9,f-Comgress, Washington,D.C. Congressional . 'Research Setvice. REPORT NO House-Doc-96-167 . 'PUBDATE 79' . VOTE 431p..; A number,of pagesmay be marginally legible AVAILABLE MN Superintendent of Documents,U. S. Government 'Printing Office, Washington,DC 20402 EDRS-PRICE 1401 PlumPostnge. PC Not Available from,EDRS. DE$CR/PTORS. *Broadcaat Industry: Debate: *FederalRegulation; ,*Government Role: Higher Education;*Hass Media; *.lews,10iat *Newspepers: PérsuasiveDiscourse; -Radio: Television, -ABSTRACT . The Congressional Research Serviceprepared this compilation of articles and .bibliographyto facilitate student 'tesearchiOn the regulation ofmass media in the.United States, the' 1979-80 intercollegiate 'debate topic.The selection of articles reproduced in Section A-land thecitations chdeen for the bibliography tn SectiOn 8are,representative of the-wide range ofsubjects and viewpoints encompassed by the topic.Section Bls annotated. bibliograOhy'is divided intothree parts to accommodiTe the topic. Part 1 contains sOurces which emphasizethq, controversy surrounding the regulation of the-broadcait medialwhile part 2 ccmsists of annotated citations drawn from sonrces-dealingwith the printed -pedia. Parl 3 includes the remainingforms oP medikiic, including film, satel4ites, and datatransmission.,Twoother sections of the book - provide instructions on hdw to secure additional informationon the regulation of the mass, media, anda list of available government publidations that relate to.the1979-80 intercollegiate debatetopic. -(Itp) 17 , ''. x . k,-' ( *' Reproductitons supplied by EDRS are the best that can be 'made , * * from the original document. .t**************4******************************************************** If , A. lod<0 of I lopft.PmnIAIlvtui '5:410I1 Wilful/III 96 161 ci cp LIN r-4Should the Federal Goverrtment Significantly Strengthen the Regulation of Mass Media Communication .in the United States? - U S DEPARTMENT OF 11AL fit Intercollegiate [lebirlopic EDUCATION& WELFARE NTIONAL INSTITUTE OF 1979 1980 EDUCATION Pursthuit to tOblic-law 88. 1'41% DOCUMENTvtAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED ExAc it_y AS RECEIVED r ROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIC.IN. At ING it POIN or vIEW OR OPINIONS STATED 00 NOT NESSARIt ,RITPRE- SENT OT Fj( lAt NA1 IONA( INSTITUTE or EOuc AT ON POSIT ION OR POt ICY Compiled by the Congressional Research Ser.vice library of Congress Taj r-d US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON IA . ._ For sale by the Superintendent o( llqaumente. U.:1. GovernmentPrinting '0111e. Washington, DX, 20402 4 PUBLIC LAW 88,246, 88TH CONGRESS, S. 2311, DECEMBER 30, 1963 AN ACT To ;provide for the preparation and printing of empllatione of mate- rialto relating to annual national high whool and rege debate tonics Be a enaded by .the &nate and House of Reptwe'ntatimea of the linitear states of. America in eimgress assembled, That. the Librarian of Congress isauthorized and directed to prepare compilations of per- tinent excerpts. bibliakraphkal refei ences. and other appropriatema- terials relating to (1) the subject selected anmmlly by the National University Extension Assaciation as the national high school debate topic and (2). the subject selected annually by the American Speech Association as -the national college debate topic. to preparing such compilatiobs the Librarian shall ineltuht materials which,in his judg- ment are representative of, and 'give equal emphasis to, the opposing points of view on the respective topics. SEC, 2. the eoinpilations on the high school debate topics shall be printed as Senate doctiments and the compilations on the college de- bate topics shall be printed Ls House documents, tbe cost of which @tall be charged to the congre.ssional allotnient for plinting and binding. Additional copies of such'documents may be printed in such quan- tities alla distributO in such maimer as the Joint Committee on Printing directs. Approved December 30, 1963. " 4 FOREWORD The intercollegiatedebate fopie for the academicyear 1979-80 selected by the Committeeon Int ereollegiate Debate and Discussion. of t he Speech Comuitinication Associ at ion is L'esol red,That(lieFederal Governnwta.should significantly vngthen the regi,:loit ionof muss nkedia communicationin the United ongressiond Research Seryieplilts prepared thiS compilation s and,bibliography on the debatetqpic proposition IDemi- t .i(h Public Law 88-246.These inaterUds. to are not intended ()vide exhaustivecoverage of the subject. but. onlyto furnish. &bitters witha start On their own research. Whilethe articks and references have been chosento represent a range of views.and of ft ppioaehes to the 'problemS a variety raised by the topic, their inclusiondoes not imply any kind of approvalor disapproval or recommendations on line of argumentation by the CongressionalResearch Service. The coo0inat ion noti timd selectionof articles and citations iii thisdocu- ment was the responsibility of AngeleA. Gilroy, Analyst. in Industrial .Organizat ion in the EconomiesDivision. Steven Rutkus, Analystin the Government Division,Edith Cooper, Analyst in theSciance Resettreh Division, and LegislativeAttorneys David-Siddall aml Robert Burdette in theAmerican Law Division,were responSible for selecting references in-theirfields.4f expertise. The bibliography is drawn in part from the CRABibliographic Data Base with the assistance of Felix (Thin, SeniorBibliographer, Library..Services Division. The Congressional Research Serviee wish.es ikthankkthosecopyfight holdeLs who have kindly extendedpermission for the reprodiretion of the texts. This permission is neknowletlgedin 'each instance. ' GILBERT GIME, , Director,Congressional Research Service. \ INTRODAION This document is designAto facihtate research on the 1979-80 inter- eollegiate debate topic, Resolved: Thatthe Federal Government Should Significantly Strengthen the Regulationof Mass Media in the States. The selection of article:3 which have beenreproduced in Section A and the ('itat ions which have beenchosen for the bib)iogra- phy which follows in Section ,Bare representative of the wide range of subjects and view ioinis encompassed it)this fai-reachityg topic. Sec- tion Ws annotated bibfiography is dividedinto time ptL4th to accom- modate the topic. Part Iis comprised 'of sources which el phasize the controversy surrounding the regulation of thebroadcast ndia, while parr 2 consists olf annotated citations drawn from so.urcesdealing with tin! printed nwdia. Part 3 includes the remainingforms of media which , fit neither in the broadcastnor printed media categories such RS satellites iind data transmission. Because-of the interrelationship be- tween the forms or media there may be overlappMgdiscussions in the various referencesi selectionswere categorized on the, basis of the major emphasis wain each. -in using this document, two points ofcant ion should be noted;.hile the selections were chosento reflect an over-all bal nce on the d bate topic, any 'specific entry may representa single poi it of vi ew. tem- fore, the researcher is responsiblefor determining.the objectivity of each item. Seemdly, whilewe have attempted to be as careful a)3 pos- sible, the date of entry of each citationshould be carefully eonSidered. Because legal and regulatory developmentsin the media are under constant chanke, it is the researelwrs responsibilityto determine if opinions and statements reflect thepresent status of regulation. (VII) 4 . CONTENTS Page Foreword v introduction ___ vIll A. Renoired: That the Federal Govegnmenj should significantlystrengthen . the regithvion f maa" media communicationin the United States__ 4 1. "Potomae Fever: Deregulating Teleeommunications" by Don- . aid C. Matthews '116J' 2. "The Conummications Act Policy Toward Competition:A ao Failure to Communicate" by G. Hamilton Loeb 3. the Power of the Press: A Problem for our Democracy" by' '4 Max Kempelman_ -. 00 4. Statement by James K. Batten, vont, vice prealdent/News, Knight-Ridder Newspapers to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business_ 98 5. "A Fairness Doctrine Debate" by ilk-hard Jencks nod Robert . Lswitt Mitnyon. Afterword by Henry Geller 98 6. "Attirma Ire Promotion- of Freelloin of Expresaion"a chapter In the -_ystem of Freedpm of Expression by Thomas Irwin Etperaon 7. The Power of the FCC to Regulate Newspaper-Broadcast 111 Cross-owitershlp: The Need for Congressional Clarlfien: tion",in Michigan Law Review 159 s. -Alt Economic Analysis of the FCC's Multiple Ownership Rules" by Allen Parkman 188 D. "Morality and itroadeakrng; FCC (!ontrolA ot 'Indecent' Ma- . terlal Following-Pacifica" by Susan .Wing '- 200 IC. "Regulation of Televhdon liroadeaating :How' Costly Is the Public htterest.'1" by Robert W. Crandall_ 229 4, 11 "FCC Reguinthm of the Network Television Program Proeure- ment PrOCess :An Attempt to Regul the Laws of Pico- , nomicsr by Thomas L. Schyessler____ 238 12. 14ecfiling TV's Future" by Ida Walters. 318 13. "CATV and the Broadcasters" -by Bill Flanagan,. 328 . 14. '"Felevision and the Young Viewer' by,Ell A. Rubinstein 880 15. "Children's TV :Sugar and Vice ami Nothing Nlee" by Peggy . ("barren . ,.. 889 16, "Compromise VI Commercials for Children" by Scott Ward 845 17. "1-he Censorship of Violent Motion Pictures: A Comitltutional Analysis" by