TY - JOUR
T1 - Hatching some empirical evidence
T2 - Minority ownership policy and the fcc's incubator program
AU - Terry, Christopher
AU - Carlson, Caitlin Ring
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/7/3
Y1 - 2019/7/3
N2 - Despite the ongoing legal and regulatory battle over media ownership policy, control of broadcast outlets among racial and ethnic minorities and women has remained at critically low levels. The Federal Communication Commission’s latest proposal, an Incubator program, relies on the idea that new, small entities can be created by incentivizing existing media companies to foster new entrants in exchange for additional ownership consolidation at the local level. This article traces the FCC’s efforts on minority ownership policy, examines relevant literature on the relationship between minority ownership and diversity, and reports empirical data regarding minority focused content production by a variety of ownership types to determine what ownership structures are currently producing minority focused content. The data suggest that the FCC has been correct to focus on smaller ownership structures. The article concludes with a proposal for the FCC to undertake to put stations in the hands of minority owners.
AB - Despite the ongoing legal and regulatory battle over media ownership policy, control of broadcast outlets among racial and ethnic minorities and women has remained at critically low levels. The Federal Communication Commission’s latest proposal, an Incubator program, relies on the idea that new, small entities can be created by incentivizing existing media companies to foster new entrants in exchange for additional ownership consolidation at the local level. This article traces the FCC’s efforts on minority ownership policy, examines relevant literature on the relationship between minority ownership and diversity, and reports empirical data regarding minority focused content production by a variety of ownership types to determine what ownership structures are currently producing minority focused content. The data suggest that the FCC has been correct to focus on smaller ownership structures. The article concludes with a proposal for the FCC to undertake to put stations in the hands of minority owners.
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U2 - 10.1080/10811680.2019.1627810
DO - 10.1080/10811680.2019.1627810
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069827645
SN - 1081-1680
VL - 24
SP - 403
EP - 432
JO - Communication Law and Policy
JF - Communication Law and Policy
IS - 3
ER -