Captive Audience
The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13106384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin W Cramer (0000-0001-8240-1155, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 55-58 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Information Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2381-5892 • E-ISSN: 2158-3897 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jinfopoli.3.2013.0055 |
| OpenAlex | W4241647859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In early 2013 Susan Crawford was the subject of rumors as a possible pick for the soon-to-be vacant Chairmanship at the Federal Communications Commission. The reliability of those rumors is suspect, but if such an eventuality comes to pass, her Senate confirmation hearing could be made much more dramatic by this unapologetic new book. Crawford, a communications policy professor at Cardozo Law School and former Special Assistant to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, has taken a historical and political approach in analyzing the rise to power of today's gargantuan telecom companies. Those megafirms are inexorably gaining control of both communications content and its delivery, creating the "Captive Audience" of the book's title, while regulators have apparently forgotten the public interest
Advertising · Business · Economics · Gilded Age · Market economy · Monopoly · Political science · Power (physics · Telecommunications · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Law · Media Studies and Communication
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |