[ecrea] New Book: Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media

REGULATION, GOVERNANCE

AND CONVERGENCE IN THE MEDIA

*Peter Humphreys*, formerly University of Manchester

and *Seamus Simpson*, University of Salford, UK

With digital technologies blurring media boundaries, this book provides 
a detailed analysis of how the Internet

is producing a convergence of the press, audio-visual and online media. 
Based on extensive empirical analysis,

the authors analyse over 25 years of changes to media forms and expose 
the reality behind the notion that

media convergence is inevitable and inexorable.

Peter Humphreys and Seamus Simpson break new ground through exploring a 
diverse range of topics at the

heart of the media convergence governance debate, such as next 
generation networks, spectrum, copyright

and media subsidies. They highlight how reluctance to accommodate 
non-market based policy solutions

creates conflicts and problems resulting in only shallow media 
convergence thus far.

Highly accessible, this book is a valuable read for undergraduate and 
masters students researching digital

media and communications. With guidance on a series of policy directions 
and innovations that should be

developed to fulfil the promise of media convergence, it is also a vital 
tool for media and communication

practitioners and policy makers.

Contents: Part I The Context of Media Convergence 1. Media Convergence: 
Paths and Constructs Part II The Infrastructures

of Media Convergence 2. Next Generation Networks: Providing a 
Sustainable Convergence Platform 3. The Future is (Still)

Mobile: Spectrum Governance Issues in a Converging Media Environment 4. 
Access and Opportunity Online: the Debate

on Internet Neutrality and Converging Media Part III Governing Content 
in Converging Media Environments 5. Copyright

in an Era of Media Convergence 6. Regulating Media Concentration in a 
Converging Media Environment 7. Subsidies:

Sustaining Public Service Communication in a Converging Media 
Environment Part IV Challenging the Impediments to Media

Convergence 8. Conclusion: Governance, Policy and the Development of 
Media Convergence

/‘This is an outstanding contribution to explaining some of the complex 
policy/

/questions raised by digital convergence. Humphreys and Simpson draw/

/on their extensive knowledge of international media systems to provide a/

/stimulating, comprehensive and highly readable analysis of the content and/

/infrastructure issues posed by a rapidly changing global communications/

/industry. Their original thinking and insights into the dilemmas now/

/facing policy makers around the world are essential reading for media,/

/communications and politics scholars.’/

– Steven Barnett, University of Westminster, UK

/‘This is a masterful and comprehensive overview of the state of the art 
in media policy, published at a crucial/

/moment in the development of media institutions and their role for 
democracy. As governments around Europe/

/and the world prepare their responses to the pressing questions of 
misinformation, hate speech, free speech/

/and fake news they should all read this marvelous book in order to 
understand that the policy challenges they/

/face are not at all new. Offering introductory yet detailed 
introductions to policy issues, it will be of interest to/

/students and researchers with an interest in the media, media law, 
policy and regulation and offers a succinctly/

/written, accessible entry point into a field that is all too often 
obscured by jargon. Recommended.’/

– Damian Tambini, London School of Economics, UK

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