Media Policy

Media policy involves policymaking – and the associated policy research – directed at a wide range of substantive issues and technological contexts, and employing a diverse array of theoretical and methodological perspectives. It is important to note, however, that in the communications field there are a large number of somewhat indistinct policy arenas that overlap with the media policy field, each employing distinctive terminologies and each reflecting somewhat different (and in some cases, broader) areas of emphasis. These affiliated policy arenas range from telecommunications policy (→ Telecommunications: Law and Policy) to communications policy to information policy to cultural policy.

Duke Scholars

Author Philip Michael Napoli Sanford School of Public Policy