Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe

Leen d'Haenens is professor at the Institute for Media Studies and vice-dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Helena Sousa is professor of communication sciences at the Communication and Society Research Centre and dean of the Social Sciences School at the University of Minho, Portugal. Josef Trappel is professor of media policy and media economics and head of the Department of Communication Research at the University of Salzburg, Austria.

• Why Study Media Policy and Regulation?Hannu Neiminen Is Content Still King? Trends and Challenges in the Production and Distribution of Television Content in EuropeTim Raats, Jeanette Steamers and Karen Donders Media Economics and Transformation in a Digital EuropeTom Evens Media Governance: More than a BuzzwordWerner A. Meier Subsidies: Fuel for MediaJosef Trappel Public Service Media in Western Europe Today: Ten Countries ComparedHilde van den Bulck, Leen d'Haenens and Tim Raats The Europeanization of the European Media: The Incremental Cultivation of the EU Media PolicyStylianos 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 Möller and Tarlach McGonagle Media and Democracy: A Couple Walking Hand in Hand?Josef Trappel and Hannu Nieminen Media Diversity and Pluriformity: Hybrid 'Regimes' across EuropeLeen d'Haenens, Elke Ichau, Hanne Vadenberghe and Pascal Verhoest Testing the Boundaries: Evolving Norms and Troubling Trends for JournalismAuské Balčytiene, Karin Raeymackers and Elena Vartanova