Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Scope and Method
Part I: Basic Framework
2. Economic Structure and Regulatory Framework
3. The Concept and Measurement of Diversity
4. Origin and Incidence of Economic Rents in Broadcasting
5. Objectives versus Results in Federal Broadcast Regulation
Part II: A Critique of Current Policies
6. The Policy on Ownership Diversity
7. The Cross-Ownership Proceeding: A Case Study in Factual Deficiencies
8. Structural Diversity, Owner Diversity, and the Role of Public Television: A Comparative Assessment
9. Alleged Bases of National Television Network Power
10. The Limits of Network Regulation
11. Objectives versus Consequences in Prime-Time Access
Part III: Assessment of Selected Alternatives
12. A Note on the Regulatory Implications of Scarcity Rents in Television
13. Quantitative Program Requirements
14. The Use of Scarcity Rents to Fund Public Broadcasting
Appendix I: Basic Methodological Issues
Appendix II: Principal Estimating Equations
Partial List of Principal Equations
Name Index
Subject Index