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Media and communications policy making [electronic resource] : processes, dynamics and international variations / Robert G. Picard.

This textbook focuses on how media and communications policy is made and what influences its design. It explores the structures and processes in which policymaking takes place worldwide, the factors that determine its forms, influence its elements, and affect its outcomes. It explores how to analyze...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Picard, Robert G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2020.
Series:Palgrave global media policy and business.
Subjects:
Mass media policy.
Communication policy.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Part I: Contexts and Means of Policy Making
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Media and Communications Policy Studies
  • Delineating and Defining the Media and Communications Policy Field
  • Four Fundamental Terms
  • Delineating the Media and Communications Policy Field
  • Understanding the Political Domain
  • Polity, Politics and the Public Sphere
  • Competing Policy Domains
  • Rationales for Policy
  • Is Media/Communication Policy and Policy Making Unique?
  • Conceptualizing Policy Making as Process and Stages.
  • Policies Are Based on Values, Norms and Principles
  • Policy Making Involves Argumentation and Policy Narratives
  • Final Words
  • Chapter Summary
  • Discussion Points
  • Bibliography
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 2: Policy-Making Environments and Locales
  • Policy Making Occurs at Multiple Levels
  • Unitary and Federalist States
  • Institutional Influences on Policy Making
  • Governance Institutions' Influences on Policy Making
  • Media and Communications Administrative Agencies
  • Executive and Independent Agencies
  • Specialized Versus Converged Administration.
  • The Importance of Agency Competency
  • Procedural Aspects
  • Economic Systems and Institutional Influences on Policy
  • Influences of Social Institutions on Policy
  • Media Capture, Policy Capture and State Capture
  • Final Words
  • Chapter Summary
  • Discussion Points
  • Bibliography
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 3: Politics in the Pursuit of Policy Outcomes
  • Gaining Attention Is Crucial in Starting the Process
  • Public Opinion, Narratives, Frames and Frameworks Influence the Process
  • Who Gets Involved in the Policy Processes?
  • Institutions of Policy.
  • Policy Capture and State Capture as Influences
  • Communications and Media Policy Often Responds to Economic Issues
  • Policy Processes Are Inherently Political
  • Final Words
  • Chapter Summary
  • Discussion Points
  • Bibliography
  • Suggested Readings
  • Chapter 4: Media and Communications Policy Mechanisms and Tools
  • Policy Mechanisms and Policy Tools
  • Policy Mechanisms
  • Categories and Administration of Policy Tools
  • A Diverse Selection of Policy Tools Is Available
  • Purposes of Various Tools
  • Industry Facilitation Tools
  • Structural Intervention Tools
  • Fiscal Advantaging Tools.
  • Operational Intervention Tools
  • Regulatory Exemption Tools
  • Public Provision Tools
  • Subsidizing Tools
  • Private Regulation Tools
  • Consumer Tools
  • Tool Selection Influences Success of the Policy
  • Chapter Summary
  • Discussion Points
  • Bibliography
  • Suggested Readings
  • Part II: Three Levels of Policy Making
  • Chapter 5: Global Policy Making
  • Sovereignty as a Fundamental Principle of Global Policy
  • Treaties Are the Bases of Policy in Intergovernmental Organizations
  • How Treaties Are Made in Intergovernmental Organizations
  • Member States in Intergovernmental Organizations.

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