Media and telecommunication issues / Benjamin J. Cuttler, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cuttler, Benjamin J.

Series:

Media and communications.

Media and communications-- technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication--Social aspects.

Telecommunication.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Telecommunications media include radio, cable, satellite services, multimedia, the Internet, cable TV, telephony, broadcast radio and TV. This title presents the latest research in the field.

Contents:

""MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATION ISSUES""; ""MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATION ISSUES ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""REGULATION OF THE TELEMARKETING INDUSTRY: STATE AND NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRIES ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""LEGAL FRAMEWORK ""; ""Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ""; ""Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act""; ""NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY ""; ""Federal Trade Commission Rules ""; ""Federal Communications Commission Rules ""; ""Pending Legal Challenges ""; ""STATE LAWS ESTABLISHING DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRIES ""; ""RECENT FEDERAL LEGISLATION ""

""Do-Not-Call Implementation Act """"Telemarketing Relief Act of 2003 ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""TELEMARKETING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY ""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND ""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS ""; ""RESULTS IN BRIEF ""; ""BACKGROUND ""; ""IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY ""; ""OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY ""; ""FEES COLLECTED FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTRY DID NOT COVER COSTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2003 BUT DID IN FISCAL YEAR 2004 ""; ""FTC REPORTED THREE OBJECTIVES TO MEASURE WHETHER THE NATIONAL REGISTRY WAS SUCCESSFUL ""

""APPENDIX I. FTC LAWSUITS AND FCC ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS RELATED TO THE NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY """"APPENDIX II. INFORMATION ON THE TWO SURVEYS ABOUT THE NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY ""; ""The Harris Interactive Survey ""; ""Customer Care Alliance Survey ""; ""APPENDIX III. COMMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""TELEMARKETING: DEALING WITH UNWANTED TELEMARKETING CALLS ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""FEDERAL LAWS ""; ""Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) ""; ""2002 FCC TCPA Review ""

""2003 FCC Update of TCPA Rules and Creation of a National Do-Not-Call Registry """"Fax Rules ""; ""Exemptions ""; ""Court Challenge ""; ""Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act ""; ""FTC Telemarketing Sales Rule Review ""; ""2002 FTC Creation of a National Do-Not-Call Registry and Other Rule Changes ""; ""Do-Not-Call Implementation Act, 2003 ""; ""Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 ""; ""Fees for Industry Access to the National Registry ""; ""Court Challenges ""; ""Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994 ""; ""Telecommunications Act of 1996 ""

""Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1997""""Protecting Seniors from Fraud Act""; ""Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001 ""; ""WHAT CONSUMERS CAN DO ""; ""Hang Up ""; ""Be Informed ""; ""Be Cautious ""; ""Reporting Incidents to the Authorities/Filing Complaints ""; ""Federal Trade Commission ""; ""National Fraud Information Center ""; ""Federal Communications Commission ""; ""Ask To Be Placed on a Do-Not-Call List ""; ""State Do-Not-Call Lists ""; ""Direct Marketing Association ""; ""DMA Privacy Promise ""; ""American Teleservices Association ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""MEDIA LAW AND THE INTERNET ""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61761-615-X