Research Handbook on EU Media Law and Policy

The Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the European Unions influence on the regulation of the media sector in the digital age, exploring and comparing several areas of European legislation that affect the media sector. It examines fundamental pillars of EU legal assets, sectoral rules, and the digital disruption shaping the future of European media policy. The Media Pluralism Monitor is a key tool used to assess risks for media pluralism and freedom in Europe.

Format: Hardback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2021
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

The European Union's Influence on the Regulation of the Media Sector in the Digital Age: A Comprehensive Overview
The European Union's influence on the regulation of the media sector in the digital age is a complex and multifaceted issue that has significant implications for the public's access to information and the freedom of expression. This cutting-edge Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the EU's impact on the media sector, defined in a broad sense for its capacity to influence the public opinion at large.

Utilising law and policy perspectives, chapters explain EU media policy by successive approximations, moving from the general to the specific. It first examines certain fundamental pillars of EU legal assets that undoubtedly help to characterize the action of the European Union in the industry, then moves to analyse other fields of legislation, where a series of sectoral rules also affect and shape the media. These fields include competition rules, rules on electronic communications, rules on e-Commerce, and data protection regulation, up to the recently revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive.

In the final section of the Research Handbook, several authors discuss how the digital disruption is shaping the future of European media policy. The Research Handbook also has a particular focus on the methodology of the Media Pluralism Monitor, a major tool used to specifically assess the risks for media pluralism and freedom in Europe.

Innovative and timely, this Research Handbook will be a crucial companion for academics and students in the fields of law, policy, and media, who wish to further their understanding of the logic of future developments in the EU digital media sector.

Dimension: 244 x 169 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786439321