Editor's Introduction

摘要

This issue of the Journal of Communication Inquiry takes readers on a journey of critical scholarship that starts in cyber-space and ends in the concrete jungle, with stops in the advertising boardrooms, the Pacific Northwest, and even the fictional land of Westeros in between. As the Federal Communication Commission holds hearings on a proposed rule change that critics say would end net neutrality and drastically change the Internet, the July issue of the JCI brings you a discussion with a scholar who isn't afraid of entering the political fray over media regulation. During a recent visit to the University of Iowa (home of JCI), Robert McChesney spoke with School of Journalism and Mass Communication PhD student David Asa Schwartz about how the study of political economy has helped him understand and attempt to influence U.S. media system policies.