The independence of the media and its regulatory agencies : shedding new light on formal and actual independence against the national context / edited by Wolfgang Schulz, Peggy Valcke and Kristina Irion.

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Front Cover -- European Communication Research and Education Association -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editors� foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Structural interconnection of free media and independent regulators -- Chapter 1: Approaches to independence -- Part I: Assessing the independence of regulatory bodies within the audiovisual media sector -- Chapter 2: Delegation to independent regulatory authorities in the media sector: A paradigm shift through the lens of regulatory theory

Chapter 3: Independent media regulators: Condition sine qua non for freedom of expression?Chapter 4: Media regulatory authorities in the EU context: Comparing sector-specific notions and requirements of independence -- Chapter 5: Locating a regulator in the governance structure: A theoretical framework for the operationalization of independence -- Chapter 6: Measuring independence: Approaches, limitations, and a new ranking tool -- Part II: Media systems and the culture of independence

Chapter 7: Independence or balance of dependencies? Critical remarks on studying conditions of media regulators and public service media in PolandChapter 8: The independence of media regulatory authorities and the impact of the socio-political context: A comparative analysis of Greece and Italy -- Chapter 9: Does the complexity of institutional structures in federal states influence the independence of AVM regulatory authorities? A review of the cases of Germany and Belgium -- Chapter 10: The independence of media regulatory authorities in Finland and the UK: An assessment

Chapter 11: Independence through intervention? International intervention and the independence of the Communications Regulatory Agency in Bosnia and HerzegovinaChapter 12: Concluding chapter: Independence in context -- Contributors� biographies -- Back Cover

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

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