Warning: This is another of those blogs you don't want to read. It's just me going on about possible thesis topics...

Man oh man. Senior year is tough, huh. I've been barely sleeping and still I'm running ridiculously behind on everything, most notably a decision on a thesis topic. The one professor who knocked my socks off in my two semesters at Pomona is on sabbatical, so the search for readers hasn't been so hot either. But hey, how bout I outline my various ideas for ya and maybe everything will come together. By the by, my major is Social Activism through Media & the Arts (MS/Politics/Theatre), so my thesis is gonna be leaning in that direction:

Ten years before the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the number of major media companies was around 80. Nearly a decade after the Act was passed, the number is closer to five. The Act promised billions of dollars in consumer savings, though the past decade has seen increases in long-distance telephone and cable television costs (http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/PEGB/chap04.htm#metatop).

I know barely anything about this Act, but from what I've read, it must have had a gigantic impact on the radio, television, and internet in the past decade. Does anyone know anything about this? I wish I