Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and
Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey of comparative media analysis …

The authors examine the future of public service broadcasting in the context of current
debates about, and commercial pressures on, the BBC. They describe the European …

Can the Internet regulate itself? Faced with a range of'harms' and conflicts associated with
the new media–from gambling to pornography–many governments have resisted the …

This important new text provides an up-to-date account of the complex interrelationship
between politics and the media in Britain. It starts by setting key policy areas in the context of …

The European Policy Research Unit Series aims to provide advanced textbooks and
thematic studies of key public policy issues in Europe. They concentrate, in particular, on …

European Media provides a clear, concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities
of the changing face of media in Europe. It offers a timely and illuminating appraisal of the …

European cinema not only occupies a dominant place in film history, it is also a field that has
been raising more interest with the expanding work on the transnational. Euro-Visions asks …

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issues surrounding freedom of
expression, looking at the current legal position in a number of European countries as well …

Pursuant to Article 151 (4) EC, when exercising its competences under the various policy
areas within its purview, the European Community must heed the cultural repercussions of …

Before embarking on an examination of the broadcasting law and policy of the European
Union and of its impact on the broadcasting orders of the Member States, it is necessary to …