Robin Mansell & Marc Raboy 
The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy [PDF ebook] 

The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy offers
insights into the boundaries of this field of study, assesses why
it is important, who is affected, and with what political,
economic, social and cultural consequences.

* Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of
essays from top scholars in the field

* Includes contributions from western and eastern Europe, North
and Central America, Africa and Asia

* Offers new conceptual frameworks and new methodologies for
mapping the contours of emergent global media and communication
policy

* Draws on theory and empirical research to offer multiple
perspectives on the local, national, regional and global forums in
which policy debate occurs

Table of Content

Introduction – Foundations of the Theory and Practice of Global Media and Communication Policy.

Part 1: Contested Concepts: An Emerging Field.

Part 2: Democratization: Policy in Practice.

Part 3: Cultural Diversity: Contesting Power.

Part 4: Markets and Globality.

Part 5: Governance: New Policy and Research Challenges.

About the author

Robin Mansell is Professor of New Media and the Internet, former Head of the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Marc Raboy is Professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at Mc Gill University, Canada.