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Media Regulation Peter Lunt

Media Regulation By Peter Lunt

Media Regulation by Peter Lunt

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Two of the worlds foremost media studies academics explore media regulation and its impact on government, commerce and civil society.

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Media Regulation: Governance and the Interests of Citizens and Consumers by Peter Lunt

"An exemplary study of how media regulation works (and, by implication, how it could work better) set within a wider discussion of democratic theory and political values. It will be of interest not only to students and scholars but to people around the world grappling with the same problem: the need to regulate markets, and the difficulty of doing this well."
- James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London

In Media Regulation, two leading scholars of the media examine the challenges of regulation in the global mediated sphere. This book explores the way that regulation affects the relations between government, the media and communications market, civil society, citizens and consumers. Drawing on theories of governance and the public sphere, the book critically analyzes issues at the heart of todays media, from the saturation of advertising to burdens on individuals to control their own media literacy.

Peter Lunt and Sonia Livingstone incisively lay bare shifts in governance and the new role of the public sphere which implicate self-regulation, the public interest, the role of civil society and the changing risks and opportunities for citizens and consumers. It is essential reading to understand the forces that are reshaping the media landscape.

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An exemplary study of how media regulation works (and, by implication, how it could work better) set within a wider discussion of democratic theory and political values. It will be of interest not only to students and scholars but to people around the world grappling with the same problem: the need to regulate markets, and the difficulty of doing this well. -- James Curran
Separately and jointly, Lunt and Livingstone have authored many fine writings, but this is arguably the best of the bunch! What makes this research special - even timeless for regulatory theory - is its positioning amidst a set of well-defined philosophical and political tensions, especially between the interests of consumers and those of citizens. -- Jay G. Blumler
In the 1970s, media regulation began to be analyzed as a political development; in the 1980s, as a facet of and contributor to globalization; in the 1990s, as a discourse; and in the first decade of the 20th century, as exemplars and evidence of changes in the nature of the state itself. In this book, Lunt and Livingstone rely upon their deep knowledge of audiences to treat British media regulator Ofcom as an agent within the public sphere, adding to the interdisciplinary toolkit of those involved in policy analysis and providing a model that could usefully be applied to other types and loci of regulatory processes.

-- Sandra Braman
Media Regulations strength lies, first of all, in its multifaceted and extremely convincing analysis of Ofcom as a regulatory institution in the UK context. The variety of case studies adds to the richness and balance of the arguments provided. Secondly, the book provides a more general analysis of modern-day media governance per se. It shows a sensitivity to how changing paradigms in media regulation have an effect on how media institutions and regulatory authorities interact to constitute modern-day media as both a consumer good and as a democratic tool in the public sphere. -- Mette Marie Roslyng - Dept. of Communication and Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark

About Peter Lunt

Peter Lunt is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. His research interests include audience research, popular television, the public understanding of media regulation and media and social theory. He is currently working on a project on media, history and memory and on the changing understanding of public service broadcasting. He is the author of five books including Talk on Television (with Sonia Livingstone, Routledge, 1994) and Stanley Milgram (Palgrave, 2010) and many academic papers and chapters. Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in theDepartment of Media and Communicationsat the London School of Economics and Political Science. Taking a comparative, critical and contextualised approach, her research examines how changing conditions of mediation reshape everyday practices and possibilities for action. She has published 20 books on media audiences, children and young peoples risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment, including Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape childrens lives (OUP 2020). Since founding the EC-funded 33 countryEU Kids Online research network, and Global Kids Online (with UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), she has advised DCMS, UKCIS, Ofcom, European Commission, European Parliament, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, OECD, ITU and UNICEF. She chaired LSEs Truth, Trust and Technology Commission and is currently leading the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation. See www.sonialivingstone.net

Table of Contents

Media and Communications Regulation and the Public Interest Introduction Regulation and the Role of the State Regulation, Civil Society and the Public Sphere Market Innovation versus Social Democratic Values Introducing the Case Studies Regulation and the Public Interest From Government to Governance The Theory of Regulation Strategies of Regulation New Labour, Social Democracy and Regulation The European Context The UK Context Regulation and the Public Interest Ofcoms Core Purposes: A Discursive Struggle Media Regulation and the Implied Audience The Communications Act 2003: In Whose Interest? Ofcoms Remit: Interpreting Its Primary Duties Actions to Further Citizens and Consumers Interests Citizen Interests in a Wider Perspective Ofcom as a Regulatory Agency Ofcoms Remit and Rationale From Guiding Principles to Working Practices Core Business: Telecommunications, Spectrum Management and Media Plurality Ofcom as an Institution in the Public Sphere The Content Board and (Communications) Consumer Panel Defining Citizen and Consumer Interests in Practice Public Views of Regulation Conclusion Ofcoms Review of Public Service Television Introduction Public Service Broadcasting in the 1980s and 1990s Ofcoms Remit in Reviewing Public Service Television Ofcoms First Review of Public Service Television A Public Service for All Ofcoms Second Public Service Television Review Ofcoms Consultation on the Second Review Conclusion Media Literacy A New Lease of Life for an Old Policy A Puzzling Task for the New Regulator Definitional Diversity in Europe Media Literacy as a Neo-Liberal Policy The Politics of Media Literacy From Media Literacy to Digital Participation From Principles to Practice From Individual Skills to Social Capabilities Conclusion Advertising Regulation and Childhood Obesity Introduction Regulating Advertising to Children The Challenges of Evidence-Based Policy Regulatory Action and Reaction Regulatory Effectiveness? Reflections on Evidence-Based Policy Conclusion Community Radio Introduction The Community Radio Order 2004 Regulating Community Radio Evaluating Ofcoms Regulation of Community Radio Conclusion Conclusions A Change of Direction The Power to Make Policy On the Value of an Independent Regulator Conclusions Afterword

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Media Regulation: Governance and the Interests of Citizens and Consumers by Peter Lunt
Peter Lunt
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Sage Publications Ltd
2011-12-09
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