[Commlist] New Book: Handbook of Media and Communication Governance

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Handbook of Media and Communication Governance

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Edited by Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell and Hilde Van den Bulck

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This state-of-the-art Handbook provides unique insights into the 
governance practices and institutions shaping digitalized public 
spheres. Focusing on the power relations involved, it presents diverse 
approaches to key debates in media and communication governance, 
showcasing groundbreaking advances in the field.

Contributing authors explore the impact of long-standing trends such as 
commercialization, digitalization and transnationalization on media and 
communication governance, highlighting urgent new developments including 
algorithmization and datafication. Combining theoretical inquiry with 
cutting-edge empirical analysis, they address governance challenges at 
the regional, national and global levels to provide a broad view of the 
social ordering of media systems. Ultimately, the Handbook explores how 
to protect the public sphere in the digital age and ensure that media 
organizations and platforms meet democratic expectations.

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this Handbook is an invaluable 
resource for students and scholars of media and communication studies, 
digital governance and platform studies. It will also be of interest to 
policymakers seeking to develop effective regulatory systems for the 
modern media and communication environment.

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887206 
<https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887206>

Critical Acclaim:

‘A timely intervention that successfully combines an effort in 
consolidating a field of study that has grown increasingly diverse over 
the past three decades, with the ambition to articulate communication 
governance – its modes, challenges and core values – so as to 
investigate power relations and address a fundamental question: “whose 
interests should take precedence when new approaches to governing the 
digital ecology are put in place?”’
– Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy

‘These three eminent scholars have assembled a diverse array of leading 
policy thinkers to grapple with many of the most daunting challenges 
facing media governance today. By establishing clear theoretical and 
methodological foundations, the Handbook promises to become a 
field-defining classic within the growing literature on communication 
policy, providing an invaluable resource for students and researchers 
alike.’
– Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania, US

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