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[THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA LANDSCAPE] Traditionally, media in the United States have been regulated by one of three models:print, broadcasting, and ''common carrier'' (e.g., telephone and telegraph), with cableTV treated as something in between print and broadcasting.
In each case, the cost to the Kremlin of allowing private media was greater thanbefore.Future work might use our framework to explore other elements of government control ofthe media. In many countries, for example, the media are owned by individuals close to thegovernment rather than by the state directly.