In the last several decades, the European media landscape has transformed in ways that were unpredictable. From the viewpoint of ordinary media users, these changes have offered increasing choices: new gadgets, services and channels are continuously entering the market. Behind this transformation and escalating choices lie numerous political and administrative decisions that regulate how the media industry works and how the choices of consumers are guided. The body of these decisions and their implementation is called media policy. Media policy affects all media functions and uses. It concerns, for example, questions such as: How to guarantee all citizens equal access to information networks? How to secure open public access for vital information? How to protect minors from harmful media content? As an academic field, media policy is still a rather new research area. It has close relations, among others, to political sociology, media economy, media and communications law, media ethics and obviously, to political studies. This shows that there are many different approaches to media policy studies. However, despite their differences, a common strand for many is a close relationship to critical political economy of communication.
Why Study Media Policy and Regulation? Hannu Neiminen Is Content Still King? Trends and Challenges in the Production and Distribution of Television Content in Europe Tim Raats, Jeanette Steamers and Karen Donders Media Economics and Transformation in a Digital Europe Tom Evens Media Governance: More than a Buzzword Werner A. Meier Subsidies: Fuel for Media Josef Trappel Public Service Media in Western Europe Today: Ten Countries Compared Hilde van den Bulck, Leen d'Haenens and Tim Raats The Europeanization of the European Media: The Incremental Cultivation of the EU Media Policy Stylianos Papathanassopoulos The Council of Europe: Ensuring the Freedom and Independence of Europe's Media Tarlach McGonagle Europe's Internet Policies: The Challenge of Maintaining an Open Internet Christian Moeller and Tarlach McGonagle Media and Democracy: A Couple Walking Hand in Hand? Josef Trappel and Hannu Nieminen Media Diversity and Pluriformity: Hybrid 'Regimes' across Europe Leen d'Haenens, Elke Ichau, Hanne Vadenberghe and Pascal Verhoest Testing the Boundaries: Evolving Norms and Troubling Trends for Journalism Auske Balcytiene, Karin Raeymackers and Elena Vartanova
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