New media, old regimes : case studies in comparative communication law and policy / Lyombe S. Eko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eko, Lyombe.

Series:

Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Lexington studies in political communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Law and legislation.

Mass media.

Communication policy.

Press law.

Telecommunication--Law and legislation.

Telecommunication.

Freedom of speech.

Communication--Political aspects.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel theoretical perspectives and case studies in comparative communication law. Through these cases, Eko describes, explains and illustrates how a number of nation-states, transnational, and international organizations employ culture-specific "distillations" of universal principles to resolve tensions between freedom of expression and other societal interests in real space and cyberspace. This study provides essenti

Contents:

Contents; Chapter One: Mapping the Terrain of Comparative and International Communication Law; Chapter Two: International Approaches to the Study of Comparative Communication Law and Policy: Regulatory Regimes and Policy Transfer; Chapter Three: Politico-Cultural Approaches to Comparative Communication Law and Policy: Exceptionalism, Mentalities, and Asymmetries; Chapter Four: The European Supranational Communication Law and Policy Regime; Chapter Five: Multilateral Resolution of Communication Problems: The International Communications Regulatory Regime

Chapter Six: New Media, Old Authoritarian Regimes: Instrumentalization of the Internet and Networked Social Media in the "Arab Spring" of 2011 in North AfricaChapter Seven: Human Rights versus Religious Rites: The Mohammed Cartoons Affair and the Clash of Religious "Establish(mentalities)" in Denmark and France; Chapter Eight: New Technologies, Old Mentalities: The Internet, Minitel, and Exceptionalist Information and Communication Technology Policy; Chapter Nine: New Technologies, Old Governmentalities: Internet Surveillance in the United States and the Russian Federation

Chapter Ten: American Exceptionalism, the French Exception, and Harmonization of International Intellectual Property Law by the United States and FranceChapter Eleven: New Media, Old Mania: Regulation of Child Pornography Under International, European Union and American Jurisprudence; Chapter Twelve: New Realities, Old Ideologies: Communication Law, Legal Transfers and "Developmentality" in Africa; Chapter Thirteen: New Media, Ancient Animosities: "Propaganda of the Deed" and the Laws of War in the NATO/Yugoslav Conflict of 1999; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-32476-8

1-283-62985-2

0-7391-6790-1

9786613942302

OCLC:

812066454