The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy / edited by K. Donders, C. Pauwels, J. Loisen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donders, K., Editor.

Pauwels, C., Editor.

Loisen, J., Editor.

Series:

Palgrave Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication.

Social policy.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Political science.

Information technology--Law and legislation.

Information technology.

Mass media--Law and legislation.

Mass media.

Media and Communication.

Social Policy.

Cultural Studies.

Political Science.

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.

Local Subjects:

Media and Communication.

Social Policy.

Cultural Studies.

Political Science.

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (571 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Containing state-of-the-art contributions on the various domains of European media policies, this Handbook deals with theoretical approaches to European media policy: its historical development; specific policies for film, television, radio and the Internet; and international aspects of the fragmented policy domain.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: European Media Policy as a Complex Maze of Actors, Regulatory Instruments and Interests; Part I: Key Concepts and Theoretical Approaches; 2 Analyzing European Media Policy: Stakeholders and Advocacy Coalitions; 3 Convergence, Co-evolution and Complexity in European Communications Policy; 4 Identity and Diversity in European Media Policy: Crisis Changes Everything(?); 5 Old and New Issues in Media Economics

6 Between Economic Objectives and Public Remit: Positive and Negative Integration in European Media PolicyPart II The Development of European Media Policy; 8 Focal Points of European Media Policy from Inception till Present: Plus ça change?; 9 Another People: Communication Policy and the Europe of Citizens; 10 Television, Cohesion and the EU; 11 The Cultural Facet of the EU Media Policy: Matching Rhetoric to Reality?; 13 The ECJ as Agenda Setter in European Audiovisual Media Policy; 14 Small States and European Media Policy; Part III Sector-Specific Policies

15 Convergence and the Diversity of European Television Systems16 The Television Without Frontiers Directive; 17 Audiovisual Media Services 3.0: (Re)defining the Scope of European Broadcasting Law in a Converging and Connected Media Environment; 18 The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Putting the European in European-Level Film Support; 19 Of High Hopes and High Deficit: An Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections: Towards the Future of HDTV; 20 Radio Spectrum Policy in the EU: Concepts, Trends, Issues; 21 'Are You Sure/That We Are Awake?': European Media Policy and Copyright

Part IV Competition Policies22 The Reasons for Intervention through Competition Policy; 23 European State-Aid Control and PSB: Competition Policy Clashing or Matching with Public Interest Objectives?; 24 The Impact of EU Competition Policy on the Sale of Sports Media Rights: Trends and Developments at the National Level; 25 Pluralism, Media Mergers and European Merger Control; Part V International Aspects of European Media Policy; 26 Trade versus Culture: The Policy of Cultural Exception and the WTO

27 European Media Policy and Cultural Diversity at the International Level: The EU's Role in Fostering the Implementation of the 2005 UNESCO Convention28 Mainstreaming Culture in EU External Relations through Protocols on Cultural Cooperation: Fostering or Faltering Cultural Diversity?; 29 The European Audiovisual Policy Goes Abroad: The Case of Inter-regional Cooperation with Mercosur; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781786841636

1786841630

9781137032195

1137032197

OCLC:

874835917