The dynamics of regulation : global control, local resistance : a case study of broadcasting and advertising in the United Kingdom / George Gantzias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gantzias, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television advertising--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Television advertising.

Television advertising--Law and legislation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington : Ashgate, 2001.

Contents:

1 Theories of Regulation, the Public Interest and Info-com Policy: the Twenty-first Century Convergence Vision for Info-com Policy 9

Part I Regulation, Regulatory Authorities And The Public Interest: British Broadcasting And Advertising Regulation Policy 49

2 Resistance to Americanisation by Local/National Broadcasting Policy: the Case of the British Broadcasting Model 51

3 Commercial Broadcasting and Advertising: Legislation, Regulation and Regulatory Authorities, 1954-72 94

4 Reforming Regulation Policy and Legislation in Broadcasting: 1972-80 139

5 Liberalisation, Control and Resistance: New Media and the Public Interest, in British Broadcasting Advertising 155

Part II The Dynamics Of Regulation And The Public Interest In The Deregulation/Re-Regulation And Liberalisation Era 183

6 The Dynamics of Regulatory Activity: Control and Resistance. The Three Broadcasting Regulation Paradigms: Unitary, Semidetached and Detached 185

7 More of Less Regulation in the 1990s: the Paradox and the Problems in British Broadcasting 245

8 How Process Regulation Works in Practice: the Case Study of Regulation of Female Sanitary Protection (San-pro) Advertising on Television 268

Part III Global/Regional Control And Resistance 291

9 Global/Regional Forces in Regulation of Television Advertising: Consumer Protection vs Freedom of Commercial Speech in Europe 293

10 Conclusion: Regulation as a Positive Force to Resist Global Disorder

the Twenty-first Century Vision is the Info-com Society 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840140852

OCLC:

45439154