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Net neutrality, the fairness doctrine, and the NRB: the tension between United States religious expression and media regulation
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Abstract This article analyzes the historical continuity between the opposition of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) to the Fairness Doctrine (1949) and to the contemporary Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Open Internet principle, net neutrality. These debates demonstrate how media policy disc... view more
This article analyzes the historical continuity between the opposition of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) to the Fairness Doctrine (1949) and to the contemporary Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Open Internet principle, net neutrality. These debates demonstrate how media policy discourse has shaped democratic ideals, including by designating whose voices are or are not included in broadcast and digital communication spaces. The discourse emerging from both media policy debates reveals that fears concerning cultural hegemony and the diversity of expression in the United States have intertwined with fears concerning the invasion of foreign ideologies. The article then considers the possibility of reconciling religious and secular discourse in the mediated public sphere.... view less
Keywords
broadcasting; communication; media; regulation; neutrality; internet community; the public; religion; secularization; fairness; media policy; diversity of opinion; anxiety; hegemony; United States of America
Classification
Media Politics, Information Politics, Media Law
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
Fairness Doctrine; Federal Communications Commission; National Religious Broadcasters; evangelicals; media regulation; net neutrality; public sphere; radio; religion; secularism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 5-12
Journal
Media and Communication, 6 (2018) 1
Issue topic
Media history and democracy
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed