MI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Copyright Term Extension Act, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Fcc Open Internet Order 2010

• School: MSU
• Department: Media and Information
• Course: MI 101
• Professor: Dr.Mc Carty

Document Summary

Shared culture diminishing: mass media as cultural unifier --> fragmentation began with cable tv, selective perception of cable channels, blogs, etc. Digital divide: gaps in access to information & communication infrastructure --> gaps in civic participation (media literacy, modules 2 & 3) Initially, gaps relating to income levels, education, race & gender --> gender gap has largely disappeared; others remain. As more social, business & education activity moves online, lack of access translates to lack of opportunity. Basic access growing (70% of hh), but broadband access still lags (35% of hh) --> urban- rural divide. Municipal systems (in competition with commercial providers?: global dimension: north-south divide. Key question (in u. s. ) how to balance protection of children (from explicit sex, graphic violence, indecent language) against principle of free speech (1st amendment) Is internet like tv or like magazines: b(cid:396)oad(cid:272)asti(cid:374)g is (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:395)uel(cid:455) i(cid:374)t(cid:396)usi(cid:448)e(cid:863) u(cid:374)i(cid:374)te(cid:374)ded e(cid:454)posu(cid:396)e. Atte(cid:373)pts at legislatio(cid:374) te(cid:374)d to (cid:271)e (cid:862)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)l(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:396)oad(cid:863) (cid:894)legal / poli(cid:272)(cid:455) issue(cid:895)