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Philip M. Napoli
- pnapoli@fordham.edu
- Telephone
- (212) 636-6196
- Personal website
- http://www.fordham.edu/mcgannon
- Interests
- Diversity / Inclusion, Media ownership, FCC, Access to knowledge
- Role(s)
- Researcher
- Location(s) of Work
- USA, US - Northeast
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
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Donald McGannon Communication Research Center
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY, United StatesDirector
Primary Affiliation
Discipline(s)
- Communications
Biography
Philip M. Napoli is an Associate Professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business Administration, located in New York City, where he also directs the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center. Professor Napoli teaches courses in media economics, the regulation of electronic media, media industries, and new media technologies. Prior to joining the Fordham GBA faculty, Professor Napoli was a member of the faculty at Rutgers University's School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies. At Rutgers, Professor Napoli taught courses in telecommunications policy and mass communication theory. Prior to joining Rutgers, Professor Napoli was a visiting faculty member at Boston University's College of Communication, where he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Communication Research Center, a university-based research center that conducted in-house academic research and provided research services to industry clients.
Professor Napoli's research interests focus primarily on the areas of media economics and policy. He is the author of the books Foundations of Communications Policy: Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media (Hampton Press, 2001) and Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace (Columbia University Press, 2003). His work has been published in journals such as Telecommunications Policy, the Journal of Communication, the Policy Studies Journal, the Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, and the Journal Advertising. He has been interviewed in publications such as the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Christian Science Monitor, Rolling Stone and the Boston Globe. Professor Napoli's specific areas of expertise include the communications policymaking process, the developing field of communications policy analysis, and the economic aspects of media audiences. Professor Napoli has been invited to speak on these, and related subjects, before organizations such as the Federal Communications Commission, Harvard University's Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, the Ford Foundation, the National Association of Broadcasters, and the National Cable Television Association.
Publications and Resources
Books
- Philip M. Napoli. Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning and Metrics. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006
- Philip M. Napoli. Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace. Columbia University Press, 2003
- Philip M. Napoli. Foundations of Communications Policy: Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media. Hampton Press, 2001
Journal Articles
- Philip M. Napoli. The localism principle under stress. Info: The journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media. 2004.
- Philip M. Napoli. The Public Interest Obligations Initiative: Lost in the Digital Television Shuffle. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 2003.
- Philip M. Napoli, Joe Karaganis. Toward a Federal Data Agenda for Communications Policymaking. CommLaw Conspectus. http://commlaw.cua.edu//articles/v16/16.1/Napoli.pdf
- Philip M. Napoli. The localism principle in communications policymaking and policy analysis: Ambiguity, inconsistency, and empirical neglect. . Policy Studies Journal .
- Philip M. Napoli. Television station ownership characteristics and news and public affairs programming: An expanded analysis of FCC data. Info: The journal of policy, regulation, and strategy for telecommunications, information, and media.
- Philip M. Napoli. Social responsibility and commercial broadcast television: An assessment of public affairs programming.. International Journal on Media Management.
- Philip M. Napoli. Market Conditions and Public Affairs Programming: Implications for Digital Television Policy. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics.
- Philip M. Napoli. Deconstructing the Diversity Principle. Journal of Communication.
- Philip M. Napoli. Audience valuation and minority media: An analysis of the determinants of the value of radio audiences. . Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
Working Papers
- Philip M. Napoli. Public Interest Media Activism and Advocacy as a Social Movement: A Review of the Literature. 2007.
- Philip M. Napoli. Media Policy: An Overview of the Field. 2007.
- Philip M. Napoli. Hyperlinking and the Forces of "Massification". 2007.
- Jonathan Rintels, Philip M. Napoli. Ownership Concentration and Indecency: Is There a Link?. 2005.
- Philip M. Napoli. The Broadening of the Media Policy Research Agenda. 2005.
- Philip M. Napoli. Media Economics and Media Policy: The Good and the Bad. 2004.
- Nancy Gillis, Philip M. Napoli. Media Ownership and the Diversity Index: Outlining a Social Science Research Agenda.
- Philip M. Napoli. Media Diversity and Localism: Meaning, Metrics, and the Public Interest.
- Philip M. Napoli, Michael Yan. Market Competition, Station Ownership, and Local News and Public Affairs Programming on Local Broadcast Television.
- Philip M. Napoli, Sheea Sybblis. Access to Audiences as a First Amendment Right: Its Relevance and Implications for Electronic Media Policy.