Introduction The case, Comcast Corporation v. Federal Communication Commission and Steinbach v. Village of Forest Park discusses important aspects of utilizing the Internet for business and potential technology and privacy concerns. The Internet is growing rapidly. A growing concern to manage the growth and reliability of the Internet is net neutrality. It is important to understand how it can be regulated by the Federal Communication Commission and what authority Internet service providers maintain. As electronic communications are now becoming a staple in individuals and businesses daily operation, it is vital to understand the potential privacy concern of utilizing email. The use of email communications opens the user up to potential breach of privacy concerns. Comcast Corporation v. Federal Communication Commission Case facts The case of Comcast Corporation v. Federal Communication Commission focused on net neutrality and the authority of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)…
The Internet is getting bigger and bigger every minute. You can practically do anything on there, from buying cars or houses to watching cat videos on YouTube. You can watch movies, TV shows, or you can meet the love of your life on dating websites. I will explain, everyone takes Internet for granted, thinking that Internet is untouchable. Well it isn’t, Net neutrality is the idea that your cellular or cable Internet provider should treat all websites and services the same. Big companies like…
as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or excretory organs or activities” (). This definition can be interpreted in many ways. This is why there is so much controversy over what is labeled as indecent and what is not, thus causing a “freezing effect” on cable and broadcast networks. The problem is that the Commission is in charge of enforcing these prohibitions by means of radio communications. Historically, this was interpreted to apply only to radio…
firmly believed the rules under Title II were strictly based on politics. He argued that the rules hurt investment. He came up with a proposal that would go against any net neutrality rules and get rid of net neutrality all together. Mr. Pai believes that the internet allows entrepreneurship to blossom by competing with other businesses. In his fight to free ISPs from Title II he hoped to revert Title I, making it turn back to the things were before the FCC created those rules back in 2015.…
In 1970, the FCC adopted its prohibition of cross-media ownership between FM radio stations and television stations within the same market. The FCC under the Nixon Administration prohibited newspaper cross ownership of radio or television stations (Yanich, 2014). When the Commission adopted the rule, it grandfathered newspaper/broadcast combinations in many markets, forcing dispossession only in highly concentrated markets. As a result, approximately seventy grandfathered newspaper/broadcast…
WHY DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE ARE MORE VULNERALBE IN DISASTERS Neil Hanna EMG 155 2/21/17 Mr. Bunge In 2011, there were an estimated 28 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States. People who are deaf are more vulnerable than people who aren’t deaf in a disaster. They are more vulnerable because they can’t hear, they might not know a disaster could be coming to their area and they might have trouble getting to safety or a tornado or disaster shelter. For example,…
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a law that would let anyone enter the communications business and to let any communications business compete in other markets against each other. Prior to the act in 1996, the U.S. telecommunications industry was a monopoly and the act opened the doors to anybody who wanted to be a part of the communications industry. Although it opened the doors to anybody it also led to concentration of media ownership. Concentration of media ownership is essentially when…
2013). In only twenty-one years, diverse media has been compromised by six American companies. 21st Century Fox/News Corp , Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, Comcast and CBS are the six companies that compose 90% of what Americans read, watch and listen to daily (Lutz, 2012). Horizontal media concentration is when a company’s integrate across different industries into a different business or non-media company (Shah, 2012). Vertical concentration of ownership refers to cross-media ownership where one…
Media is subjectively one of the most powerful assets in the world today. Media platforms such as television, newspaper, radio and the Internet are all means of communication that are used in everyday life to transfer data between persons. For media to perform effectively it must be democratic and unbiased, in order to provide the consumer with accurate and accountable information. By doing so the media has fulfilled its job of protecting the interests of the public. On January 3rd, 1996 during…
“Since the World Wide Web was invented in 1989, it has remained free for public use” (Lee). This neutrality is due to the regulations put forth by the Federal Communications Commission. However, recently Internet Service Providers(ISPs) are objecting Net Neutrality and believe it is limiting their business interests. Net Neutrality is necessary as it allows for effective communication between buyers and sellers, it prevents excess charges to use the internet, and it prevents discrimination from…