Edited by Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell and Hilde Van den Bulck
This state-of-the-art Handbook provides unique insights into the governance practices and institutions shaping digitalized public spheres. Focusing on the power relations involved, it presents diverse approaches to key debates in media and communication governance, showcasing groundbreaking advances in the field.
Contributing authors explore the impact of long-standing trends such as commercialization, digitalization and transnationalization on media and communication governance, highlighting urgent new developments including algorithmization and datafication. Combining theoretical inquiry with cutting-edge empirical analysis, they address governance challenges at the regional, national and global levels to provide a broad view of the social ordering of media systems. Ultimately, the Handbook explores how to protect the public sphere in the digital age and ensure that media organizations and platforms meet democratic expectations.
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this Handbook is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of media and communication studies, digital governance and platform studies. It will also be of interest to policymakers seeking to develop effective regulatory systems for the modern media and communication environment.
The Handbook contains one or more Open Access chapters.
Manuel Puppis is Professor of Media Structures and Governance at the Department of Communication and Media Research DCM, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Robin Mansell is Professor Emerita at the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and former president of IAMCR.
Hilde Van den Bulck is Professor of Media and Communication at the Department of Communication, Drexel University, Philadelphia, US.
The above text is from the publisher’s description of the book:
Title: Handbook of Media and Communication Governance
Editors: Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell and Hilde Van den Bulck
Published: 2024
Pages: 630
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing