"Summing Up the Public Interest: A Review of "Media Diversity and Local" by Victoria F. Phillips

Article Title

Summing Up the Public Interest: A Review of "Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics," edited by Philip M. Napoli

Authors

Victoria F. Phillips, American University

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

12-2007

Publication Citation

60 Federal Communications Law Journal 157 (2007)

Abstract

Philip Napoli's Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics, is a thoughtful and first of its kind compilation of some of the ongoing research and scholarship examining the concepts of diversity and localism underlying the Federal Communications Commission's public interest standard in broadcasting. The collection of essays addresses these fundamental goals from a variety of disciplines beyond the law, including political science, communications policy, sociology, and economics. The essays explore the values associated with these two goals, apply performance metrics to assess existing regulatory policies intended to preserve and promote these goals, and reflect on their meaning in the new media landscape and for current communications policy and decision-making. The volume provides a scholarly foundation for assessing some of the central questions in the ongoing media policy debates.

Recommended Citation

Phillips, Victoria F. (2007) "Summing Up the Public Interest: A Review of "Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics," edited by Philip M. Napoli," Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 60: Iss. 1, Article 7.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol60/iss1/7

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