Global Media and Communication Policy

Iosifidis considers the social, political, economic and technological changes arising from the globalization of the communications industries and assesses their impact on regulation and policy.

PETROS IOSIFIDIS is Reader (Associate Professor) in Media Policy in the Department of Sociology, City University London, UK. He is the author of Public Television in the Digital Era, co-author of European Television Industries and editor of Reinventing Public Service Communication.

Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
Author Preface
Guest Foreword
Introduction
PART I: A TRILOGY ON THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MEDIA
Media Policy in The Public Interest
Media Regulation in The Public Interest
Media Policy and Regulation in The Public Interest: Looking Ahead
PART II
Global Communication Paradigms
Globalization and the Nation-State
PART III
Supranational Sites, Non-State Actors and Global Media Policy
Media and Communications Policy in the European Union
PART IV
The Convergence Phenomenon in Communications
Regulatory Convergence
Guidelines for Regulatory Reform
Bibliography
Index