Research Handbook on EU Media Law and Policy

Edited by Pier Luigi Parcu, Part-time Professor, European University Institute and Chairman of Studio Economico and Elda Brogi, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

• Contents:Introduction to Research Handbook on EU Media Law and Policy :understanding the EU approach to media law and policy. The scope of theHandbook and a presentation of the contributions 1Pier Luigi Parcu and Elda BrogiPART I INTRODUCTION1 EU and media policy: conceptualising media pluralism in the era ofonline platforms. The experience of the Media Pluralism Monitor 16Elda Brogi, Roberta Carlini, Iva Nenadić, Pier Luigi Parcu, and Mario Violade Azevedo Cunha2 The Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the promotion ofEuropean works: cultural mainstreaming revisited 32Evangelia Psychogiopoulou3 Old and new media: the interactions of merger control and plurality regulation 54Anna Pisarkiewicz and Michele Polo4 Public service media and European Union law: a new human rightsframework? 75Rachael Craufurd Smith5 The impact of judicial interactions among European and national courtsand regulators on EU media law 94Federica CasarosaPART II THE MEDIA SECTOR AND THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET6 The EU regulation of electronic communications networks and services 110Alexandre de Streel and Christian Hocepied7 The secondary liability of online intermediaries 141Giovanni Sartor8 Freedom of expression and the rule of law: the debate in the context ofonline platform regulation 166Marta Maroni and Elda Brogi9 Regulating geo-blocking discriminatory practices in the digital single market 190Giovanni De Gregorio10 The intersection of EU media policy and copyright: protecting the valueof cultural creation in television and online content services 208Giuseppe Mazziotti11 Data protection, freedom of expression, competition and mediapluralism: challenges in balancing and safeguarding rights in the age ofBig Data 235Mario Viola de Azevedo Cunha and Shara Monteleone12 Digital taxation and media policy 249Roberta CarliniPART III THE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES DIRECTIVE (AVMSD)13 The Audiovisual Media Services Directive 264Sally Broughton Micova14 The evolving scope of application of the AVMS Directive 282Peggy Valcke and Ingrid Lambrecht15 Video-sharing platforms in AVMSD: a new kind of content regulation 303Ľuboš Kukliš16 The promotion of European works by audiovisual media service providers 326Ernesto Apa and Giovanni Gangemi,17 The determinants of independence of audiovisual media regulators: thescope of Article 30 352Adriana MutuPART IV EU MEDIA POLICY IN EVOLUTION18 Indices ranking freedom of expression: a comparison between theMedia Pluralism Monitor, Reporters without Borders and Freedom House 366Elda Brogi, Iva Nenadić and Pier Luigi Parcu19 Community and minority media: “the third sector” in European policiesand Media Pluralism Monitor 383Beata Klimkiewicz20 EU enlargement policy and the media: a political or a technical issue? 397Brankica Petković and Sandra Bašić-Hrvatin21 Disinformation and misinformation: the EU response 407Maria Luisa Stasi and Pier Luigi Parcu22 Policy changes to strengthen the protection of media freedom andmedia pluralism in the EU 427Pier Luigi Parcu and Maria Alessandra RossiIndex

This is an excellent book that will be indispensable to specialists in the field and a key resource for generalists seeking a comprehensive overview of the state of the art relating to the media regulation, freedom and plurality in the EU. It provides contributions from some of the leading scholars in the field.’