ESZTER HARGITTAI'S RESEARCH Radio's Lessons for the Internet 2000. Communications of the ACM. 43:1 (January) Summary This paper compares the early years of the radio and the Internet to show how communication media tend toward regulation both with respect to use authorization and content/information dissemination. Outline I.Introduction II. An Alternative to the Telephone III. The Government's Multiple Roles IV. Public Opinion and the Navy V. An End in Itself VI. Waiting for a Net Titanic VII. Censorship Power Acknowledgements This research was supported by a Ford Foundation grant from the Council on Regional Studies of Princeton University. Please note Please do not post this document on any Web sites or distribute it on any mailing lists. You can point people to its online location here: http://www.eszter.com/research/a03-radio.html Thank you.