Book description
The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy offers insights into the boundaries of this field of study, assesses why it is important, who is affected, and with what political, economic, social and cultural consequences.
Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of essays from top scholars in the field
Includes contributions from western and eastern Europe, North and Central America, Africa and Asia
Offers new conceptual frameworks and new methodologies for mapping the contours of emergent global media and communication policy
Draws on theory and empirical research to offer multiple perspectives on the local, national, regional and global forums in which policy debate occurs
Table of contents
- Cover
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Foundations of the Theory and Practice of Global Media and Communication Policy
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Part I Contested Concepts: An Emerging Field
- 2 The Origins of International Agreements and Global Media: The Post, the Telegraph, and Wireless Communication Before World War I
- 3 The Evolution of GMCP Institutions
- 4 Whose Global Village?
- 5 Free Flow Doctrine in Global Media Policy
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6 Human Rights and Their Role in Global Media and Communication Discourses
- Introduction
- History of Human Rights
- Human Rights and Communication Policy: A Civil Society Perspective
- Human Rights and Communication Policy: An Institutional Perspective
- Human Rights and Communication Policy: A Business Perspective
- Human Rights and Communication Policy: The Academic Perspective
- Conclusion: The Impact of Human Rights on Global Communication Policy
- 7 Policy’s Hubris: Power, Fantasy, and the Limits of (Global) Media Policy Interventions
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Part II Democratization: Policy in Practice
- 8 Power Dynamics in Multi-stakeholder Policy Processes and Intra-civil Society Networking
- 9 Media Reform in the United States and Canada: Activism and Advocacy for Media Policies in the Public Interest
- 10 Community Media in a Globalized World: The Relevance and Resilience of Local Radio
- 11 Global Media Policy and Crisis States
- 12 The Post-Soviet Media and Communication Policy Landscape: The Case of Russia
- 13 Public Service Broadcasting: Product (and Victim?) of Public Policy
- 14 User Rights for the Internet Age: Communications Policy According to “Netizens”
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Part III Cultural Diversity: Contesting Power
- 15 Media Research and Public Policy: Tiding Over the Rupture
- 16 Whose Democracy? Rights-based Discourse and Global Intellectual Property Rights Activism
- 17 Global Media Policy and Cultural Pluralism
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18 The Emergent Supranational Arab Media Policy Sphere
- Introduction
- Challenges to National Media Policies
- Saudi Media Policy: Domestic Control and Foreign Influence
- Lebanese Media Policy: Stability at Home and Positive Image Abroad
- UAE Media Policy: Dubai as Crown Jewel
- The Emergent Supranational Policy Sphere
- National/Supranational Dynamics of Media Policy: The Arab World and Beyond
- 19 The Mediterranean Arab Mosaic between Free Press Development and Unequal Exchanges with the “North”
- 20 Rethinking Communication for Development Policy: Some Considerations
- 21 The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity: Cultural Policy and International Trade in Cultural Products
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Part IV Markets and Globality
- 22 Economic Approaches to Media Policy
- 23 Postcolonial Media Policy Under the Long Shadow of Empire
- 24 Policy Imperialism: Bilateral Trade Agreements as Instruments of Media Governance
- 25 ICT Policy-making and International Trade Agreements in the Caribbean
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26 Legislation, Regulation, and Management in the South African Broadcasting Landscape: A Case Study of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
- Introduction
- South Africa as a Transitional State?
- Part One: The Players
- Part Two: Legislative Developments
- The Broadcasting Act of 1999
- The Broadcasting Amendment Act of 2002
- The Electronic Communications Act of 2005
- The Broadcasting Amendment Act of 2009
- Looking to the Future: The Draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill of 2009
- Conclusion
- 27 Regulation as Linguistic Engineering
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Part V Governance: New Policy and Research Challenges
- 28 Gender and Communication Policy: Struggling for Space
- 29 The Environment and Global Media and Communication Policy
- 30 Anti-terrorism and the Harmonization of Media and Communication Policy
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31 Regulating the Internet in the Interests of Children: Emerging European and International Approaches
- Introduction
- Positive and Negative Internet Regulation in the Interests of Children
- “We Do Not Intend to Regulate the Internet”
- Children’s Rights Offline and Online
- Internet Regulation: Emerging Principles and Practices
- Regulating Contact, Content, and Conduct Risks Online
- Integrating Diverse Policy Initiatives
- Conclusion
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32 From Television without Frontiers to the Digital Big Bang: The EU’s Continuous Efforts to Create a Future-proof Internal Media Market
- Introduction
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Intractable Areas of Tension
- Once Upon a Time … In Western Europe: The Television Without Frontiers Directive of 1989
- The Sequel: Television Without Frontiers – 1997
- Revolutionary Road? The Audiovisual Media Services Directive-2007
- Battlefield Galactica? The Issues at Stake
- Conclusion: Back to the Future?
- 33 Actors and Interactions in Global Communication Governance: The Heuristic Potential of a Network Approach
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN: 9781118799451
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