Title New media, old regimes : case studies in comparative communication law and policy / Lyombe S. Eko

Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Series Lexington studies in political communication Lexington studies in political communication Contents Mapping the terrain of comparative communication law -- Systemic approaches to comparative communication law and policy -- Regulatory regimes and policy transfer -- Politico-cultural approaches to comparative communication law and policy -- exceptionalism, mentalities, and asymmetries -- The European supranational communication law and policy regime -- Multilateral resolution of communication problems -- the international communications regulatory regime -- New media, old authoritarian regimes -- instrumentalization of the internet and networked social media in the "Arab Spring" of 2011 in North Africa -- Old religions, old mentalities -- the Mohammad cartoons affair as a clash of religious "establishmentalities" -- New technologies, old mentalities -- the internet, the minitel and exceptionalist information and communication technology policy -- New technologies, old Big Brother -- Internet surveillance and "governmentality" in the United States and the Russian Federation -- American exceptionalism, the French exception, and harmonization of intellectual property law by the United States and France -- New media, old images -- re-presentation of the problem of online -- Child pornography under international, European & American law -- New realities, old ideologies -- communication policy, transfers and "developmentality" in Africa -- New media, ancient animosities: "propaganda of the deed" and -- The laws of war in the NATO/Yugoslav War of 1999 Summary New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel theoretical perspectives and case studies in comparative communication law. Through these cases, Eko describes, explains and illustrates how a number of nation-states, transnational, and international organizations employ culture-specific "distillations" of universal principles to resolve tensions between freedom of expression and other societal interests in real space and cyberspace. This study provides essential scholarship on comparative communication law and policy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Mass media -- Law and legislation. Communication policy. Press law. Telecommunication -- Law and legislation. Freedom of speech. Communication -- Political aspects. LAW -- Communications. LAW -- Media & the Law. Communication policy Communication -- Political aspects Freedom of speech Mass media -- Law and legislation Press law Telecommunication -- Law and legislation Law, Politics & Government. Law, General & Comparative. Form Electronic book LC no. 2012011438 ISBN 9780739167908 0739167901 1283629852 9781283629850 9786613942302 6613942308

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