The book discusses the basic issues of principle, the processes of implementation and the actual consequences in practice.
Provides a cross-media analysis of media policy
Uses case studies to illustrate policy implementation
Includes chapter summaries, questions for discussion and a chapter on further reading
Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction.
Part I: Contexts:.
2. Age of Darkness, Age of Enlightenment? The Intellectual Background.
3. Markets, Media and Moguls.
4. Technology - Chance, Fate and Choice.
Part II: Principles:.
5. Freedom, Democracy and Enlightenment.
6. Protecting the State.
7. Protecting the Citizen, Protecting Society.
Part III: Practice:.
8. Actors in Performance.
9. Privacy, Accuracy and the Press Complaints Commission.
10. Remoulding Public Service Broadcasting: The Challenge to the BBC.
11. Intervention in the Newspaper Market Place.
12. Censorship, Classification and Censure.
13. Coping with Cultural Imperialism.
14. Further Reading.
References and Notes.
Index.
