New media, old regimes case studies in comparative communication law and policy.

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 which illustrate how different communication law regimes conceptualize and apply universal ideals of human rights and freedom of expr...

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Main Author: Eko, Lyombe S
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2012
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Lexington Books
Edition:1
Series:Lexington studies in political communication
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ISBN:9780739167892, 0739192817, 9780739192818, 0739167898, 9780739167908, 0739167901
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Table of Contents:
  • New media, old regimes : case studies in comparative communication law and policy -- Contents -- One: Mapping the Terrain of Comparative and International Communication Law -- Two: International Approaches to the Study of Comparative Communication Law and Policy: Regulatory Regimes and Policy Transfer -- Three: Politico-Cultural Approaches to Comparative Communication Law and Policy: Exceptionalism, Mentalities, and Asymmetries -- Four: The European Supranational Communication Law and Policy Regime -- Five: Multilateral Resolution of Communication Problems: The International Communications Regulatory Regime -- Six: New Media, Old Authoritarian Regimes: Instrumentalization of the Internet and Networked Social Media in the "Arab Spring" of 2011 in North Africa -- Seven: Human Rights versus Religious Rites: The Mohammed Cartoons Affair and the Clash of Religious "Establish(mentalities)" in Denmark and France -- Eight: New Technologies, Old Mentalities: The Internet, Minitel, and Exceptionalist Information and Communication Technology Policy -- Nine: New Technologies, Old Governmentalities: Internet Surveillance in the United States and the Russian Federation -- Ten: American Exceptionalism, the French Exception, and Harmonization of International Intellectual Property Law by the United States and France -- Eleven: New Media, Old Mania: Regulation of Child Pornography Under International, European Union and American Jurisprudence -- Twelve: New Realities, Old Ideologies: Communication Law, Legal Transfers and "Developmentality" in Africa -- Thirteen: New Media, Ancient Animosities: "Propaganda of the Deed" and the Laws of War in the NATO/Yugoslav Conflict of 1999 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Chapter One: Mapping the Terrain of Comparative and International Communication Law -- Chapter Two: International Approaches to the Study of Comparative Communication Law and Policy: Regulatory Regimes and Policy Transfer -- Chapter Three: Politico-Cultural Approaches to Comparative Communication Law and Policy: Exceptionalism, Mentalities, and Asymmetries -- Chapter Four: The European Supranational Communication Law and Policy Regime -- Chapter Five: Multilateral Resolution of Communication Problems: The International Communications Regulatory Regime -- Chapter Six: New Media, Old Authoritarian Regimes: Instrumentalization of the Internet and Networked Social Media in the "Arab Spring" of 2011 in North Africa -- Chapter Seven: Human Rights versus Religious Rites: The Mohammed Cartoons Affair and the Clash of Religious "Establish(mentalities)" in Denmark and France -- Chapter Eight: New Technologies, Old Mentalities: The Internet, Minitel, and Exceptionalist Information and Communication Technology Policy -- Chapter Nine: New Technologies, Old Governmentalities: Internet Surveillance in the United States and the Russian Federation -- Chapter Ten: American Exceptionalism, the French Exception, and Harmonization of International Intellectual Property Law by the United States and France -- Chapter Eleven: New Media, Old Mania: Regulation of Child Pornography Under International, European Union and American Jurisprudence -- Chapter Twelve: New Realities, Old Ideologies: Communication Law, Legal Transfers and "Developmentality" in Africa -- Chapter Thirteen: New Media, Ancient Animosities: "Propaganda of the Deed" and the Laws of War in the NATO/Yugoslav Conflict of 1999 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index