European and International Media Law

This unique textbook offers a comprehensive overview of European and international media law, and how globalised communication has shaped it.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Fundamental rights and principles; 3. Restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom; 4. The jurisdictional question; 5. Broadcasting and other audiovisual media services; 6. Internet governance and regulation; 7. Telecommunications; 8. Data protection; 9. Copyright; 10. Media competition law; 11. Media law and state aid.

About the author

Jan Oster is Assistant Professor for EU Law and Institutions in the Department of History at Universiteit Leiden. He is also a visiting lecturer in media law at the Mainz Media Institute and King's College London. He received the Carla Musterd Award for Teaching in 2014, and is the author of Media Freedom as a Fundamental Right (Cambridge, 2015).

Summary

This textbook is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of European, transnational, and international media law. With engaging case examples, it discusses how a variety of topics - such as communication via mass media, social norms, media economics, media technology, and globalisation's effects on domestic law - relate to media law.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Oster, Jan (Universiteit Leiden) Oster, Oster Jan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107026582
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02658-2
• No. of pages: 653
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LAW / Media & the Law, LAW / Entertainment, Communication Studies, Entertainment & media law, Entertainment and media law