Communications Policy Theories and Issues

by Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos; Negrine, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780230224582
• ISBN10: 023022458X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

Culture, politics, economics and technology all impact upon policy decisions. This book explores relevant theory and research from across these fields to introduce key debates and developments in communications policy. With contributions from leading scholars, this book is key reading for all students, researchers and policy makers.

Author Biography

STYLIANOS PAPATHANASSOPOULOS is Professor in Media Organisation and Policy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has written extensively on media developments in Europe, especially on television issues. He has contributed to many international journals and his books include 'European Television in the Digital Age'.

RALPH NEGRINE is Professor of Political Communication at the University of Sheffield.  He has been teaching and publishing int eh field of political communication for nearly two decades.  His publications include 'The Transformation of Political Communication', 'Television and the Press since 1945', 'Mass Communication Research Methods' and 'The Communication of Politics'.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Stylianos Papathanassopoulos and Ralph Negrine
PART ONE: THEORIES
Approaches to Communications Policy: An Introduction - Stylianos Papathanassopoulos and Ralph Negrine
Mediating the Public Through Policy - Sandra Braman
The Past, Present and Future of Information Policy - Alistair Duff
Media and Social Demand: Research at the Interface of Policy Studies and Audience Studies - Marc Raboy, Bram Abramson, Serge Proulx and Roxanne Welters
The Development of a European Civil Society Through EU Public Service Communication - Jackie Harrison
PART TWO: ISSUES
The Escalating War Against Corporate Media - Robert W. McChesney
The Role of the European Institutions in National Media Regulation - Alison Harcourt
Public Broadcasters in the Digital Era - Stylianos Papathanassopoulos and Ralph Negrine
Transformations of the State in Telecommunications - Johannes M. Bauer
Coordinating Internet Policies: Time has Come - Dom Caristi
Framing the Information Society: A Comparison of Policy Approaches by the US and the EU - Gisela Gil-Egui, Yan Tian and Concetta M. Stewart