Title: Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy

URL: http://www.civilrightsforum.org/

Date Checked:       Status: Active

Date Annotated: 1/31/02

Topics: Civil Rights; Communications Law; Poverty Law

Other keywords: Information Law; Telecommunications Law

Contents: The interdisciplinary Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy examines the role of the media, its responsibility to the public, and access to communications technology, in such areas as the digital divide, broadcast policy, and mundane issues such as accessibility of phone service for poor and rural Americans. Articles, speeches, and interviews discuss the role of women and minorities in the broadcast media, the shrinking number of black-owned radio stations, and the role of the global media giants. The website, which is searchable, provides a summary of recently introduced federal legislation, with critiques on the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and archives going back to 1998.

Author of Annotation: A. Carson