Podcast: Mapping the Fault Lines in Telecomm, Media, and Tech Lobbying

In this 35 minute podcast, we feature a speech from the 2007 EDUCAUSE Policy Conference. The speaker is Drew Clark, Senior Fellow and Project Manager for The Center for Public Integrity. The title for this general session is "Mapping the Fault Lines in Telecomm, Media, and Tech Lobbying".

The digital convergence of telecommunications, media, and technology is changing the landscape for policy makers and the industries that lobby them, as well as the users of computers, telephones, entertainment and knowledge. The Center for Public Integrity's Well Connected project tracks each of the major telecom, broadcast, cable, news, entertainment, wireless, and computer companies. Americans can access this free database to see who owns the media and communications networks in their city by typing in their ZIP code. The project is also responsible for a freedom of information lawsuit to obtain data about local broadband deployment from the FCC. This session will address the need for the educational users of computing and communication to be attuned to the lobbying fault lines that affect all of these sectors, with a particular focus on recent developments in telecommunications and intellectual property.

This podcast was edited and hosted by Carie Windham.