European Union And The Culture Industries, The: Regulation

Description: This edited collection brings together leading academics in their respective fields to examine the EU's impact on media and public policy. It provides an analysis of the broader areas of EU policy and links these together to give a greater appreciation of the nuances and scope of EU regulatory initiatives and their impact on the member states. Under a broad public interest perspective the authors provide an assessment of the success of EU policy in protecting the public interest in the culture industries and respecting certain normative principles and balancing these with market dynamics. Table of Contents: Introduction; Institutionalizing soft governance in the European information society, Alison Harcourt; European film policies and competition law: hostility or symbiosis?, Anna Herold; The European Commission's state aid regime and public service broadcasting, David Ward; Media pluralism and enlargement: the limits and potential for media policy change, Beata Klimkiewicz; The changing totems of European telecommunications governance: liberalization, market forces and the importance of the EU regulatory package, Seamus Simpson; Back to the future: new media, same principles? Convergence regulation revisited, Monica Arino and Carles Llorens; Jurisdiction in the Television without Frontiers Directive, Lorna Wood; Content ratings harmonization and the protection of minors in the European information society, Oliver Carsten Fug; The quota quandary: an assessment of Articles 4-6 of the Television without Frontiers Directive, Tarlach McGonagle; Promises and pitfalls of the European copyright law harmonization process, Maria Lilla Montagnani and Maurizio Borghi; The culture industries: from the Common Market to a common sense, Rostam Neuwirth; Index. Author Biography: David Ward is Senior Research Fellow at the Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster.