The Federal Communications Commission is prohibited from determining broadcast content before the fact (prior restraint). However, beginning with the 1927 Radio Act broadcasters were held responsible for content due to the scarcity of frequencies and past abuses by broadcasters. How do past and present cases serve to guide future efforts by the government to influence electronic media content. Who can and should best determine content: Government, market forces or the media? Moderator: Frank Aycock, Appalachian State University Panelists: Lionel Grady, Southern Utah University; A History of Section 315 and the Fight of the Daly/Daley’s David Spiceland, Appalachian State University; The Mayflower Doctrine and the Acceleration of Government Content Regulation Frank Aycock, Appalachian State University; A History of Mobile Media, Smartphones and Evolving Technologies Richard Vogel, William Penn University; The 1934 Com Act and the Intentions of the Communication Forefathers
