The information needs of communities

The changing media landscape in a broadband age

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HTMLThe information needs of communities
17 June 2011In 2009, a the bipartisan US Knight Commission found that while the broadband age is enabling an information and communications renaissance, local communities in particular are being unevenly served with critical information about local issues.

Soon after the Knight Commission delivered its findings, the US Government's Agency, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initiated a staff-level working group to identify crosscurrent and trend, and make recommendations on how the information needs of communities can be met in a broadband world.

In culmination of its work over the last year, the FCC Working Group on the Information Needs of Communities delivered this report on 9 June 2011 addressing the rapidly changing media landscape in a broadband age. 

 

See also 'The Platform: An FCC Panel's Big Take on News' by Peter Osnos for further discussion about this report.

Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeGovernment or Gov agency
CoverageNorth America
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/25218
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