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FCC Launches Ten Media Ownership Studies
The FCC announced on November 22 that it will be conducting ten economic studies as part of its ongoing review of its media ownership rules.
Of the ten studies, two will focus exclusively on radio. That study, dubbed "Radio Industry Review: Trends in Ownership, Format, and Finance," updates the "Radio Industry Review 2002: Trends in Ownership, Format, and Finance” study that was completed for the agency's last media ownership rule rewrite, which was completed in 2003.
The second, titled "Station Ownership and Programming in Radio," will use station-level data to study how ownership affects the programming heard and audience reached by radio stations.
Following is the list of studies, with descriptions, that was released by the agency:
Study 1: How People Get News and Information
Description: This study will survey consumers about their use of media. It will identify consumers’ primary, secondary, and tertiary sources of news and information; whether these sources change depending upon the time of day or day of the week; and the frequency with which consumers access these sources.
Author: Nielsen
Study 2: Ownership Structure and Robustness of Media
Description: This study will describe the ownership structure and robustness of current media, including broadcast television, cable television, satellite television, broadcast radio, satellite radio, newspapers, and the Internet. The information gathered concerning the current media marketplace will be compared to the state of the media marketplace when the Commission last reviewed its ownership rules in the years 2002-2003.
Authors: C. Anthony Bush, Kiran Duwadi, Scott Roberts, and Andrew Wise, FCC
Study 3: Effect of Ownership Structure and Robustness on the Quantity and Quality of TV Programming
Description: This study will analyze the effect of ownership structure and robustness (as described in Study 2) on various measures of the quantity and the quality of different types of TV programming, including local news and public affairs, minority programming, children’s programming, family programming, religious programming, and violent and indecent content.
Author: Gregory Crawford, University of Arizona
Study 4: News Operations
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Description: This study will collect data on the size and scope of the news operations of radio and television stations and newspapers. It will also analyze the relationship between the nature of the news operations and market characteristics, including ownership structure and robustness.
Authors: Kenneth Lynch, Daniel Shiman, and Craig Stroup, FCC
Study 5: Station Ownership and Programming in Radio
Description: This study will use station-level data to examine how ownership structure affects the programming and audience of radio stations.
Author: Tasneem Chipty, CRAI
Study 6: News Coverage of Cross-Owned Newspapers and Television Stations
Description: This study will examine the effect of newspaper cross-ownership on television news coverage using matched pairs of cross-owned and non-cross-owned television stations.
Author: Jeffrey Milyo, University of Missouri
Study 7 & 8: Minority Ownership
Description: These two studies will examine levels of minority ownership of media companies and barriers to entry.
Authors: Arie Bersteanu and Paul Ellickson, Duke University
Authors: Allen Hammond, Santa Clara University and Barbara O’Connor, California State University, Sacramento
Study 9: Vertical Integration
Description: This study will examine levels of vertical integration in the media industry.
Author: Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago
Study 10: Radio Industry Review: Trends in Ownership, Format, and Finance
Description: This study will update a study done during our last review of the media ownership rules. That study was titled “Radio Industry Review 2002: Trends in Ownership, Format, and Finance.”
Author: George Williams, FCC
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