Global Media Governance

Sean O Siochro is cofounder and director of Nexus Research in Dublin. Bruce Girard is a media worker and a researcher at the Delft University of Technology. Amy Mahan is a researcher at Delft University of Technology. The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.

• Chapter 0 IntroductionChapter 1 Introduction to National Media RegulationChapter 2 Global Governance InstitutionsChapter 3 Trends in MediaChapter 4 The International Telecommunication UnionChapter 5 The World Trade Organization and Trade in Media ProductsChapter 6 The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural OrganizationChapter 7 The World Intellectual Property Organization and Intellectual Property RightsChapter 8 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and Internet GovernanceChapter 9 Global Media RegulationChapter 10 Actors and Trends in Global GovernanceChapter 11 Scenarios for Media GovernanceChapter 12 Selected References for Further ReadingChapter 13 Selected URLs

Global Media Governance is presented as 'a beginner's guide,' and the text is indeed written in very accessible language. However, the book is much more than a textbook for 'dummies.' It is the essential guide for all who wish to understand which actors shape the future of global communication and how they do it. Urgently needed, very timely, and well documented, this book provides excellent material for students, policy makers, and practitioners in the emerging information society. . . a pleasure to use in courses on global communication.