Palgrave Handbook Of European Media Policy, The

Description: European institutions affect the day-to-day functioning of film, television, radio and the Internet. Their 'meddling' with media provokes many tensions, most importantly with member states including France, Germany, Belgium and Hungary. In addition, Europe's intervention is often deemed overly economic in approach, focusing on the success of an internal market - to the detriment of public interest objectives such as pluralism, diversity and universality. This handbook sheds light on these tensions through state-of-the-art, scientific contributions on various domains of European media policies. The overall aim of this handbook is to explore key concepts and theoretical approaches to European media policy: its historical development; specific policies for film, television, radio and the Internet; competition law and its effect on the media sector; and international aspects of the fragmented policy domain.

Review: "The editors have brought together a team of top experts to provide an understanding of the complexities of media policymaking in Europe. Essential policy issues such as convergence, diversity and pluralism, as well as questions concerning intellectual copyright and competition policy, are discussed in intelligent and accessible language. The book should be required reading for students, politicians and citizens concerned about the cultural future of the European region." - Cees J. Hamelink, Professor of International Communication, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Contents: 1. Introduction: European Media Policy as a Complex Maze of Actors, Regulatory Instruments and Interests; Karen Donders, Jan Loisen and Caroline Pauwels PART I: KEY CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES 2. Analyzing European Media Policy: Stakeholders and Advocacy Coalitions; Hilde Van den Bulck and Karen Donders 3. Convergence, Co-evolution and Complexity in European Communications Policy; Michael Latzer 4. Identity and Diversity in European Media Policy: Crisis Changes Everything(?); Katharine Sarikakis 5. Old and New Issues in Media Economics; Pieter Ballon 6. Between Economic Objectives and Public Remit: Positive and Negative Integration in European Media Policy; Eva Nowak PART II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN MEDIA POLICY 7. Genesis and Rationales for European Intervention in Media; Caroline Pauwels 8. Focal Points of European Media Policy from Inception till Present: Plus ca change; Maria Michalis 9. The End of Public Service and the Reign of Free Market Thinking in Europe; Graham Murdock 10. Television, cohesion and the European Union; Richard Collins 11. The Cultural Facet of the EU Media Policy: Matching Rhetoric to Reality?; Evangelia Psychiogopoulou 12. Here Comes the Revolution - The European Digital Agenda; Robin Mansell 13. The ECJ as Agenda Setter in European Audiovisual Media Policy; Amedeo Arena 14. Small Member States and European Media Policy; Josef Trappel PART III: SECTOR-SPECIFIC POLICIES 15. Convergence and the Diversity of European Television Systems; Andre Lange 16. The Television without Frontiers Directive; Irini Katsirea 17. Audiovisual Media Services 3.0: (Re)Defining the Scope of European Broadcasting Law in a Converging and Connected Media Environment; Peggy Valcke and Jef Ausloos 18. The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Putting the European in European-level Film Support; Sophie De Vinck 19. Of High Hopes and High Deficit: An Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections. Towards the Future of High Definition Television; Nils Walravens and Caroline Pauwels 20. Radio Spectrum Policy in the European Union: Concepts, Trends, Issues; Simon Delaere and Christina Cullell March 21. 'Are You Sure/That We Are Awake?': European Media Policy and Copyright; Fiona Macmillan PART IV: COMPETITION POLICIES 22. The Reasons for Intervention through Competition Policy; Herbert Ungerer 23. European State Aid Control and Public Service Broadcasting: Competition Policy Clashing or Matching with Public Interest Objectives?; Karen Donders and Hallvard Moe 24. Anti-trust: from Eurovision to UEFA and Back Again; Ben Van Rompuy 25. Pluralism, Media Mergers and European Merger Control; Petros Iosifidis PART V: INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN MEDIA POLICY 26. Trade versus Culture: The Policy of Cultural Exception and the World Trade Organization; Mira Burri 27. European Media Policy and Cultural Diversity at the International Level: The European Union's Role in Fostering the Implementation of the 2005 UNESCO Convention; Lilian Richieri Hanania and Helene Ruiz Fabri 28. Mainstreaming Culture in EU External Relations through Protocols on Cultural Cooperation: Fostering or Faltering Cultural Diversity?; Jan Loisen 29. The European Audiovisual Policy goes Abroad: The Case of Inter-Regional Cooperation with Mercosur; Daniele Canedo and Carmina Crusafon



Author Biography: Karen Donders lectures in media policy and European media markets at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. She is Senior Researcher and Project Leader with the Centre for Studies on Media Information and Telecommunication (iMinds-SMIT) at VUB. She specializes in European media policy, competition policy and its effects on the media sector, public service broadcasting and private television. She is author of Public Service Media and Policy in Europe (2012), editor of Rethinking European Media and Communication Policies (with H. Kalimo, C. Pauwels and B. Van Rompuy, 2009) and has published widely in international journals such as Convergence, Journal of Media Law, Journal of Electronic Governance and Info. Caroline Pauwels lectures in European and Flemish media policy and communication sciences at VUB, Belgium. She is Director of iMinds-SMIT and works on European audiovisual policy, entertainment economy and convergence and concentration issues in media policy. She is author of From Television Without Frontiers to Television Beyond Frontiers and Cyberteens, Cyberrisks, Cybertools (with J. Bauwens, C. Lobet-Maris, Y. Poullet and M. Walrave, 2009) and editor of Audiovisual Media in Flanders (with D. Biltereyst and J.C. Burgelman, 1994), B eyond the Digital Divide (with B. Cammaerts, L. Van Audenhove and G. Nullens, 2003), The Ungraspable Audience (with N. Carpentier and O. Van Oost, 2004), and Rethinking European Media and Communications Policies (with H. Kalimo, K. Donders and B. Van Rompuy, 2009). Jan Loisen lectures in communication sciences at the VUB, Belgium, and is Senior Researcher at iMinds-SMIT. His primary areas of research include global media policy; trade and culture in the EU, WTO and UNESCO; international relations; and globalization and information society theories. He is author of Cultural Diversity and Subsidiarity and editor of Subsidiarity and Multilevel Governance (with F. De Ville) and has published articles in the European Journal of Communication, International Journal of Communication and Media Perspektiven.