Beyond Broadband Access: Developing Data-Based Information Policy Strategies
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The New Politics of the New Economy The New Politics of the New Economy
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The Media Concentration Debate The Media Concentration Debate
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The Historical and Global Context The Historical and Global Context
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The Empirical Evidence The Empirical Evidence
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The Dynamics of Concentration The Dynamics of Concentration
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Conclusion Conclusion
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8 PhD Heal Thyself: In Search of Evidence-based Research for Evidence-based Policy
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Published:03 June 2013
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the use and abuse of data for information policy development and the search for evidence-based research for evidence-based policy. It considers the debate over media concentration as an important element in the struggle over rules and power in the new economy and suggests that empirical evidence is secondary in this debate, used by academics selectively and in pursuit of advocacy rather than of science. It provides some of the numbers relevant to the debate, along with the dynamics underlying them. It also asks whether Congress and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are interested in serious data analysis. It identifies a specific structural impediment in the rule-making process and recommends a requirement for an “academic impact statement” in rulemakings, which would be an independent literature review of relevant peer-reviewed literature.
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