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Localism Resources (Public List)

From an annotated bibliography compiled by Philip Napoli of the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center (Fordham University) for his report entitled: "The Localism Principle in Communications Policymaking".
Resource(s)
Broadcast licensees and localism: At home in the communications revolution (Journal)
  • Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Gigi B. Sohn. Federal Communications Law Journal. 384-390.
Community radio in the U.S.: The struggle for a democratic medium (Journal)
  • William Barlow. Media, Culture, and Society. 81-105.
The changing conception of localism in U.S. public radio (Journal)
  • Alan G Stavitsky. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 19-33.
Television station ownership characteristics and news and public affairs programming: An expanded analysis of FCC data (Journal)
  • Philip M. Napoli. Info: The journal of policy, regulation, and strategy for telecommunications, information, and media. 112-121.
In the Public Interest? The State of Local Television Programming Fifteen Years After Deregulation (Journal)
  • Ernest Hakanen, Ronald Bishop. The Journal of Communication Inquiry. 261. 1 July 2002 .
Market Conditions and Public Affairs Programming: Implications for Digital Television Policy (Journal)
  • Philip M. Napoli. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. 15.
Social responsibility and commercial broadcast television: An assessment of public affairs programming. (Journal)
  • Philip M. Napoli. International Journal on Media Management. 226-233.
Localism in state constitutional law (Journal)
  • Richard Briffault. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 117-127.
Personalization of mass media and the growth of pseudo-community (Journal)
  • James Beniger. Communication Research. 352-371.
What's local about local broadcasting? A joint report of the Media Access Project & the Benton Foundation (Report)
Community integration, local media use, and democratic processes (Journal)
  • Jack McLeod. Communication Research. 179-209.
Bechtel V. Federal Communications Commission (Legal)
Public service responsibilities of broadcast licensees (Legal)
2002 Biennial Regulatory Review: Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Legal)
Television and the erosion of regional diversity (Journal)
  • Michael Morgan. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 123-139.
The New York Times and the Market for Local Newspapers (Working Paper)
  • Lisa George, Joel Waldfogel. 1 March 2006 .
Community ties and dependence on media for public affairs (Journal)
  • Arthur G. Emig. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 402-411.
The localism principle under stress (Journal)
  • Philip M. Napoli. Info: The journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media. 573-582. 2004 .
The localism principle in communications policymaking and policy analysis: Ambiguity, inconsistency, and empirical neglect. (Journal)
  • Philip M. Napoli. Policy Studies Journal . 372-387.
The Localism Principle in Communications Policymaking: An Annotated Bibliography (Working Paper)
  • Philip M. Napoli.
Local service concept in broadcasting: An evaluation and recommendation for change (Journal)
  • T.A. Collins. Iowa Law Review. 553-635.
The press, post office, and flow of news in the early republic (Journal)
  • Richard B. Kielbowicz. Journal of the Early Republic. 255-280.
Modernization, communication policy, and the geopolitics of news, 1820-1860 (Journal)
  • Richard B. Kielbowicz. Critical Studies in Mass Communication. 21-35.
Low power television and the doctrine of localism: The need to reconcile a medium with its message (Journal)
  • Eric D. Berkowitz. University of San Francisco Law Review. 505-533.
Assimilation and localism: Some very small towns in mass society (Journal)
  • William W. Donner. Sociological Inquiry. 61-82.
Our localism: Part II -- Localism and legal theory (Journal)
  • Richard Briffault. Columbia Law Review. 346-454.
Our localism: Part I – The structure of local government law (Journal)
  • Richard Briffault. Columbia Law Review. 1-115.
Local television news coverage and the central city (Journal)
  • William C Adams. Journal of Broadcasting. 253-265.
Local public affairs content of TV news (Journal)
  • William C Adams. Journalism Quarterly. 690-695.
Syndicated service dependence and a lack of commitment to localism: Scripps newspapers and market subordination (Journal)
  • Gerald Baldasty, Ed Adams. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.
"Localism" in Chinese media context: An examination of a closed circuit community cable system (Journal)
  • Anne Sears, Xuejian Yu. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 208-226.
Localism in Western European radio broadcasting: Untangling the wireless (Journal)
  • Thomas McCain. Journal of Communication. 86-101.
“Community standards” in cyberspace (Journal)
  • John S. Zanghi. Dayton Law Review. 95-117.
Cybersex and community standards (Journal)
  • Pamela Ann Huelster. Boston University Law Review. 865-888.
Localism and the administrative foundations of American public broadcasting (Journal)
  • Joseph Widoff, Kevin V. Mulcahy. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 13-23.
Turner Broadcasting System V. Federal Communications Commission (Legal)
Prometheus Radio Project V. Federal Communications Commission (Legal)
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. V. United States (Legal)
Broadcast localism (Legal)
Creation of low power radio service (Legal)
Revision of programming and commercialization policies, ascertainment requirements, and program log requirements for commercial television stations (Legal)
In the matter of deregulation of radio (part 1 of 2) (Legal)
Network programming inquiry, report and statement of policy (Legal)
Report on chain broadcasting (Report)
Communication and commitment to community (Journal)
  • Mary Sweeney, Jean Dobos, Leo Wayne Jeffres. Communication Research. 619-643.
The measurement of local television news and public affairs programs (Report)
  • Jane Frenette, Loretta Denison, Scott Roberts, Thomas Spavins.
Silent voices: Analyzing the FCC “media voices” criteria limiting local radio-television cross-ownership (Journal)
  • Loy Singleton, Steven C. Rockwell. Communication Law & Policy. 385-403.
The expression of localism: Local TV news coverage and the new video marketplace (Journal)
  • Karen L. Slattery, Mark Doremus, Ernest Hakanen. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 403-413.
Deregulation and competition: Explaining the absence of local broadcast news operations (Journal)
  • Michael McKean, Vernon Stone. Journalism Quarterly. 713-723.
Support for FCC minority ownership policy: How broadcast station owner race or ethnicity affects news and public affairs programming diversity (Journal)
  • Laurie Mason, Christine Bachen, Stephanie Craft. Communication Law & Policy. 37-72.
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