Routledge handbook of media law /
Routledge handbook of media law /
edited by Monroe E. Price, Stefaan Verhulst and Libby Morgan.
- Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
- xvi, 594 p. ; 25 cm.
p.1. Media policy and institutional design -- Tracing media policy decisions : of stakeholders, networks and advocacy coalitions / Rational legal authority, formal and informal rules in the news media / "Club government" and independence in media regulation / Mainstreaming EU cultural policies internally and externally : caught between subsidiarity and global subsidiarity? / Hilde van den Bulck -- Paolo Mancini -- Thomas Gibbons -- Jan Loisen, Caroline Powels
Featuring specially commissioned chapters from experts in the field of media and communications law this book provides an authoritative survey of media law from a comparative perspective. The handbook does not simply offer a synopsis of the state of affairs in media law jurisprudence; rather it provides a better understanding of the forces that generate media rules, norms, and standards against the background of major transformations in the way information is mediated as a result of democratization, economic development, cultural change, globalization and technological innovation.The book addresses a range of issues including: media law and evolving concepts of democracy; network neutrality and traffic management; public service broadcasting in Europe an the United States; theories and approaches in media governance; cultural development, diversity and protection.
9781138858886 (pbk.) 9780203074572 (e-book)
Mass media--Law and legislation.
Medios de comunicación de masas--Legislación.
Comunicación--Legislación.
K 4240 / R869 2015
343.09/9
p.1. Media policy and institutional design -- Tracing media policy decisions : of stakeholders, networks and advocacy coalitions / Rational legal authority, formal and informal rules in the news media / "Club government" and independence in media regulation / Mainstreaming EU cultural policies internally and externally : caught between subsidiarity and global subsidiarity? / Hilde van den Bulck -- Paolo Mancini -- Thomas Gibbons -- Jan Loisen, Caroline Powels
Featuring specially commissioned chapters from experts in the field of media and communications law this book provides an authoritative survey of media law from a comparative perspective. The handbook does not simply offer a synopsis of the state of affairs in media law jurisprudence; rather it provides a better understanding of the forces that generate media rules, norms, and standards against the background of major transformations in the way information is mediated as a result of democratization, economic development, cultural change, globalization and technological innovation.The book addresses a range of issues including: media law and evolving concepts of democracy; network neutrality and traffic management; public service broadcasting in Europe an the United States; theories and approaches in media governance; cultural development, diversity and protection.
9781138858886 (pbk.) 9780203074572 (e-book)
Mass media--Law and legislation.
Medios de comunicación de masas--Legislación.
Comunicación--Legislación.
K 4240 / R869 2015
343.09/9