In its more than seventy years of existence, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) has emerged as one of the most
important and controversial agencies in the United States
government. As an independent regulatory commission, the FCC
possesses an expansive legislative mandate to formulate a national
communications policy. Using its authority, the FCC has done such
far-reaching things as setting rates for long distance telephone
service, creating rules and standards for broadcast programming,
writing regulations for providers of cable television and
information services, and, in recent decades, introducing
competition in virtually every sector of the communications
industry. As the FCC has gone about implementing its statutory
mandate, it has frequently been the target of criticism by interest
groups and members of Congress. Even these critics, however, would
have a hard time imagining how a task as complicated as the
formulation of a national telecommunications policy could be
accomplished without the expertise and full time attention of an
agency such as the FCC. The first work to integrate detailed
information on the FCC as an organization--its politics, key policy
initiatives, and legal issues--offers students, researchers, and
general readers alike easy access to an array of topics related to
the FCC. Chapters discuss the agency's origins, organization,
programs, controversies, notable people, and significant court
cases. Topics include the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Michael
Powell, Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC, the Fairness Doctrine,
telephone-cable competition, and indecency. A comprehensive
annotated bibliography lists sources for further research.
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