Books and Publications

This report examines the quantity and quality of broadcasters’ second-year efforts at implementing the mandates of the FCC’s “Three-Hour Rule.” Reported here are analyses of the education strength of E/I programs airing in Philadelphia and other parts of the country.

On June 28, 1999, the Annenberg Public Policy Center convened its fourth annual Conference on Children and Television at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The conference was part of APPC’s ongoing commitment to monitor the state of children’s programming and recognize noteworthy efforts and achievements in the development and distribution of quality children’s

On June 22, 1998, the Annenberg Public Policy Center held its third annual Conference on Children and Television at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The conference was part of the APPC’s ongoing commitment to monitor the state of children’s programming by recognizing noteworthy efforts and achievements in the development and distribution of quality

The Minnesota Compact recognizes that improving the quality of public discourse requires a systemic solution involving the public, the press, and politicians.

APPC prepared a background report on civility in the House of Representatives for the bipartisan retreat held in Hershey, Pennsylvania during March of 1997.

This report analyzed thirteen television spots and fifteen free time spots in the 1997 New Jersey governor’s race.

This conference, hosted by the Annenberg Public Policy center, explored issues of accountability and disclosure in political advertising on television.

This report catalogs one of the most intriguing and thorny new practices to come onto the political scene in many years – the heavy use of so-called “issue advocacy” adverting by political parties, labor unions, trade associations and business, ideological and single-issue groups during the last campaign.

“Free Air Time and Campaign Reform, a conference co-sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Free TV for Straight Talk Coalition and funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, gathered nearly 200 members of the press, scholars in communications and politics, campaign reform advocates, campaign practitioners, consultants and candidates.

This report examines how the Telecommunications Act of 1996 created a highly pro-competitive strategic direction for public policy-makers that federal, state regulators, and state legislators appear to be following.