Media Policies Revisited: Challenge For Media Freedom And Ind

Description: What are the characteristics that render the media free and independent, and do European media policies develop in ways that promote media freedom and independence? What are the main constraints or threats to the operation of free and independent media, and what are the policy processes, institutional structures, regulatory practices and tools that can help counteract these? In a period of profound changes brought to the media ecosystem, media consumption and use, Media Policies Revisited explores key features of media policies and regulation in fourteen countries, investigating their strengths and weaknesses in the protection of media freedom and the promotion of independent media behaviour. Standing at the crossroads of media studies and legal and media governance research, this volume of groundbreaking essays offers fresh thinking on the conditions under which media policies can support free and independent media, providing a valuable reference for students, scholars, policy-makers and regulators.



Contents: Introduction; Evangelia Psychogiopoulou 1. The Emerging Governance Pattern in Media and Communications; Petros Iosifidis 2. Media Freedom and Independence in Contemporary Democratic Societies; Evangelia Psychogiopoulou PART I: MEDIA POLICY PROCESSES AND REGULATORY PATTERNS 3. Media Policy and New Regulatory Systems in Denmark; Henrik Sondergaard and Rasmus Helles 4. Multi-Level and Interrelated Media Policy Processes in Germany: An Enabling or Constraining Factor for Free and Independent Media?; Sebastian Muller and Christoph Gusy 5. The 'Piranha' Model: Power Plays and Dynamics of Policy-Making Addressing Free and Independent Media in Romania; Ioana Avadani and Cristian Ghinea 6. The National versus the European: The Croatian Roadmap to Media Freedom and Independence; Nada Svob-Dokic and Pasko Bilic PART II: COURTS 7. The Role of Courts in Protecting the Freedom of Expression in Italy; Federica Casarosa and Elda Brogi 8. The Freedom of Expression in the Media and the Slovak Judiciary; Andrej Skolkay 9. Protecting the Public Interest in a Free Press: The Role of Courts and Regulators in the United Kingdom; Yolande Stolte and Rachael Craufurd Smith PART III: MEDIA FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODELS 10. Changing Conditions of Competition for Public Service and Commercial Media in Belgium: Implications for Media Independence; Pierre-Francois Docquir and Bart Van Besien 11. New Business Models for the Media: The Spanish Case; Juan Luis Manfredi and Juan Pablo Artero 12. The Media in Bulgaria: Business Enterprises or PR Divisions of Business Groups?; Ruzha Smilova PART IV: THE JOURNALISTIC PROFESSION 13. The State of the Journalistic Profession in Turkey; Ceren Sozeri and Dilek Kurban 14. The Role of Professional Journalism in the 'Small' Estonian Democracy; Halliki Harro-Loit and Urmas Loit 15. Journalists' Self-Regulation in Greece; Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, Anna Kandyla and Dia Anagnostou 16. Ethical Demands and Responsibilities in Online Publishing: The Finnish Experience; Epp Lauk and Heikki Kuutti Conclusion: Towards Media Freedom and Independence; Evangelia Psychogiopoulou



Author Biography: Evangelia Psychogiopoulou is a lawyer and research fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP, Athens), Greece. She is also serving as legal officer at the General Secretariat for Culture, Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports. Her research interests focus on EU cultural and media policies and human rights protection. She is the author of The Integration of Cultural Considerations in EU Law and Policies (2008); co-editor of The European Court of Human Rights and the Rights of Marginalised Individuals and Minorities in National Context (2010); and editor of Understanding Media Policies: A European Perspective (2012).