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Radio's Digital Dilemma is the first comprehensive analysis of the
United States' digital radio transition, chronicling the
technological and policy development of the HD Radio broadcast
standard. A story laced with anxiety, ignorance, and hubris, the
evolution of HD Radio pitted the nation's largest commercial and
public broadcasters against the rest of the radio industry and the
listening public in a pitched battle over defining the digital
future of the medium. The Federal Communications Commission has
elected to put its faith in "marketplace forces" to govern radio's
digital transition, but this has not been a winning strategy: a
dozen years from its rollout, the state of HD Radio is one of
dangerous malaise, especially as newer digital audio distribution
technologies fundamentally redefine the public identity of "radio"
itself. Ultimately, Radio's Digital Dilemma is a cautionary tale
about the overarching influence of economics on contemporary media
policymaking, to the detriment of notions such as public ownership
and access to the airwaves-and a call for media scholars and
reformers to engage in the continuing struggle of radio's digital
transition in hopes of reclaiming these important principles.
Radio's Digital Dilemma is the first comprehensive analysis of the
United States' digital radio transition, chronicling the
technological and policy development of the HD Radio broadcast
standard. A story laced with anxiety, ignorance, and hubris, the
evolution of HD Radio pitted the nation's largest commercial and
public broadcasters against the rest of the radio industry and the
listening public in a pitched battle over defining the digital
future of the medium. The Federal Communications Commission has
elected to put its faith in "marketplace forces" to govern radio's
digital transition, but this has not been a winning strategy: a
dozen years from its rollout, the state of HD Radio is one of
dangerous malaise, especially as newer digital audio distribution
technologies fundamentally redefine the public identity of "radio"
itself. Ultimately, Radio's Digital Dilemma is a cautionary tale
about the overarching influence of economics on contemporary media
policymaking, to the detriment of notions such as public ownership
and access to the airwaves-and a call for media scholars and
reformers to engage in the continuing struggle of radio's digital
transition in hopes of reclaiming these important principles.
Since its popularization in the mid 1990s, the Internet has
impacted nearly every aspect of our cultural and personal lives.
Over the course of two decades, the Internet remained an
unregulated medium whose characteristic openness allowed numerous
applications, services, and websites to flourish. By 2005, Internet
Service Providers began to explore alternative methods of network
management that would permit them to discriminate the quality and
speed of access to online content as they saw fit. In response, the
Federal Communications Commission sought to enshrine "net
neutrality" in regulatory policy as a means of preserving the
Internet's open, nondiscriminatory characteristics. Although the
FCC established a net neutrality policy in 2010, debate continues
as to who ultimately should have authority to shape and maintain
the Internet's structure. Regulating the Web brings together a
diverse collection of scholars who examine the net neutrality
policy and surrounding debates from a variety of perspectives. In
doing so, the book contributes to the ongoing discourse about net
neutrality in the hopes that we may continue to work toward
preserving a truly open Internet structure in the United States.
Since its popularization in the mid 1990s, the Internet has
impacted nearly every aspect of our cultural and personal lives.
Over the course of two decades, the Internet remained an
unregulated medium whose characteristic openness allowed numerous
applications, services, and websites to flourish. By 2005, Internet
Service Providers began to explore alternative methods of network
management that would permit them to discriminate the quality and
speed of access to online content as they saw fit. In response, the
Federal Communications Commission sought to enshrine "net
neutrality" in regulatory policy as a means of preserving the
Internet's open, nondiscriminatory characteristics. Although the
FCC established a net neutrality policy in 2010, debate continues
as to who ultimately should have authority to shape and maintain
the Internet's structure. Regulating the Web brings together a
diverse collection of scholars who examine the net neutrality
policy and surrounding debates from a variety of perspectives. In
doing so, the book contributes to the ongoing discourse about net
neutrality in the hopes that we may continue to work toward
preserving a truly open Internet structure in the United States.
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