![]() | Prologue to a Farce Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, Lloyd demonstrates that despite the persistent hope that a new technology (from the telegraph to the Internet) will rise to serve the needs of the republic, none has solved the fundamental problems created by corporate domination. After examining failed alternatives to the strong publicly owned communications model, such as antitrust regulation, the public trustee rules of the Federal Communications Commission, and the underfunded public broadcasting service, Lloyd argues that we must re-create a modern version of the Founder's communications environment, and offers concrete strategies aimed at empowering citizens. Mark Lloyd is a clinical professor of communication at the University of Southern California. He is also a communications lawyer, award-winning broadcast journalist, and former chief diversity officer at the Federal Communications Commission. |
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