Emerging Media and Internet Issues: E-Democracy for Connecticut

Date Study Completed

12/2007

Name of Submitting League

LWV of Connecticut

Title of Study

Emerging Media and Internet Issues: E-Democracy for Connecticut

Summary of Study (limit 500 characters)

In June 2007, the LWVCT Convention authorized a state-level study of emerging media issues, their relevance to democracy, and their importance to Connecticut residents. http://www.lwvct.org/contact.html

Although the group has identified several additional topics for further study—chief among them the critical role that media ownership and consolidation plays in the dissemination of news and information in our democracy—the focus of the present study was threefold:

• the implications of the LWVUS’s new “pro” net neutrality position for Connecticut,

• universal high speed Internet access for Connecticut residents, and

• the future of community access TV (PEG TV) in CT.

League or Contact Email Address

http://www.lwvct.org/contact.html

League or Contact Phone Number

203-288-7996