The King's Speech is an excellent Oscar-nominated film about British King George VI's struggle to overcome his speech impediment through the new medium of his day, the radio.

Early in the movie his father points out that in the 1920s, with the advent of the wireless, the role of...

The journalism industry is in turmoil. The digital revolution has hit content providers of all kinds, changing their business models and in some cases altering the nature of the underlying content itself. Music has seen this most starkly. But print content, most particularly newspapers, have also faced significant disruption....

There are many issues confronting American democracy that can make us uneasy about its health in future years. These include the undue influence of campaign contributions on legislation, the drawing of legislative districts to produce safe districts for representatives, questionable practices in State voting processes, lack of serious media coverage...

With the candidacy of Fred Thompson comes an issue of communications policy that arises with every generation of candidates. What to do about the reruns of television programs in which a candidate appears as an actor? The most famous episode was Ronald Reagan's appearance in Bedtime for Bonzo, which triggered...

The Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society, a "policy festival" of 70 CEO level leaders from business, government and the non-profit sector on issues of "Media and Values" is being streamed live at http://aspeninstitute.tv. On Tuesday morning, Aug 14, it features a joint appearance by the two leading...