2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Comparative Analysis of the Broadcast/Telecom Policies for Public Access toMedia in the U.S., U.K. & Canada: Suggestions for the New Policymaking in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530589
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Kansai Gaidai University
Principal Investigator	UOZUMI Shinji 関西外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (20316863)
Research Collaborator	KANAYAMA Tsutomu 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (60306983)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	パブリックアクセス / 行政 / 市民参加 / 法 / 政策
Research Abstract	What would be a good policy to assist democracy throughout media? Possible answers to the research question such as this can be explored in the media experiences of people in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada where people's participation in programming and policy making on cable TV and/or radio is guaranteed. This study attempts to shed light on the history of media access, namely the public/community access channels in broadcasting, and to understand and evaluate what those countries have achieved. It is an expectation of this study to draw out suggestions from the "western" experience, and apply those to the new policymaking for media in Japan.

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