Broadcasting and new media policies in Western Europe / Kenneth Dyson and Peter Humphreys, with Ralph Negrine and Jean-Paul Simon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyson, Kenneth H. F., author.

Dyson Humphreys Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Humphreys, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television and politics--Europe.

Television and politics.

Television broadcasting--Europe.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Murdoch, Maxwell, Hersant, Berlusconi, Bertelsmann, Springer and Turner ... in the 1980s new actors emerged to exploit the opportunities in European broadcasting, provided by the new technologies of satellite and cable. Dramatic political, economic and cultural consequences were promised and are already being addressed by public policy. This book analyses and interprets the development of regulatory policies in Western Europe in response to these new phenomena.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; The Context of New Media Politics inWestern Europe; The Debate about the Future of Broadcasting: An Analysis; Regulatory Change in Western Europe: From National Cultural Regulation to International Economic Statecraft; New Media Policies and the Politics of Central-Local Relations in France; New Media Policy Dilemmas in West Germany: From Ideological Polarisation to Regional Economic Competition; New Media in Britain: Is There a Policy?; Regulating New Media: The Implementation Process

Conclusions: Patterns of Regulatory Change in Western EuropeAppendix: Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-98753-6

1-280-32669-7

0-585-44707-1

9780203194676

OCLC:

252789995