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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.
Government Regulation of the Media. The media plays a common-carrier role by providing a line of communication between the government and the people. This communication goes both ways: The people learn about what the government is doing, and the government learns from the media what the public is thinking.