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This volume explores the sameness and difference between the United
States and France in the matters of freedom of expression on the
Internet. The United States and France are liberal democracies that
are part of the Western family of nations. However, despite their
many similarities, they have a number of cultural and ideological
differences. The United States is generally France's ally in time
of war and its cultural nemesis in time of peace. One of the
reasons for this unusual relationship is that the United States and
France are self-described "exceptional" countries. The United
States and France are therefore two Western countries separated by
different exceptionalist logics. Lyombe Eko uses this concept of
exceptionalism as a theoretical framework for the analysis of
American and French resolution of problems of human rights and
freedom of expression in the traditional media and on the Internet.
This book therefore analyzes how each county applies rules and
regulations designed to manage a number of issues of media
communication in real space, to the realities and specificities of
cyberspace, within the framework of their respective exceptionalist
logics. The fundamental question addressed concerns what happens
when rules and regulations designed to regulate the media in
clearly defined, national and regional geographic spaces, are
suddenly confronted with the new realities and multi-communication
platforms of the interconnected virtual sphere of cyberspace.
New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication
Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel
theoretical perspectives and case studies which illustrate how
different communication law regimes conceptualize and apply
universal ideals of human rights and freedom of expression to media
controversies in real space and cyberspace. Eko's investigation
includes such controversial communication policy topics as North
African regimes' failed use of telecommunications to suppress the
social change of the Arab Spring, the Mohammad cartoon controversy
in Denmark and France, French and American policy of development
and diffusion of the Minitel and the Internet, American and Russian
regulation of internet surveillance, the problem of managing
pedopornography in cyberspace and real space, and other current
communication policy cases. This study will aid readers not only to
understand different national and cultural perspectives of thorny
communication issues, but also show that though freedom of
expression is a pluralistic concept, the actions of all political
regimes at the national, transnational, and international levels
must be held up to the universal standards of freedom of expression
set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New Media,
Old Regimes provides essential scholarship on comparative
communication law and policy in a world of new media.
New Media, Old Regimes: Case Studies in Comparative Communication
Law and Policy, by Lyombe S. Eko, is a collection of novel
theoretical perspectives and case studies which illustrate how
different communication law regimes conceptualize and apply
universal ideals of human rights and freedom of expression to media
controversies in real space and cyberspace. Eko s investigation
includes such controversial communication policy topics as North
African regimes failed use of telecommunications to suppress the
social change of the Arab Spring, the Mohammad cartoon controversy
in Denmark and France, French and American policy of development
and diffusion of the Minitel and the Internet, American and Russian
regulation of internet surveillance, the problem of managing
pedopornography in cyberspace and real space, and other current
communication policy cases. This study will aid readers not only to
understand different national and cultural perspectives of thorny
communication issues, but also show that though freedom of
expression is a pluralistic concept, the actions of all political
regimes at the national, transnational, and international levels
must be held up to the universal standards of freedom of expression
set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New Media,
Old Regimes provides essential scholarship on comparative
communication law and policy in a world of new media."
The Media Globe is a multifaceted look at contemporary trends in
media practices in regions beyond the United States, including
Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and
Australia. A diverse group of respected scholars follows the
emerging patterns in a variety of media worldwide, identifying the
existing and developing issues and the potential impacts on
democratic communication. They also assess the current tensions
between ongoing global media practices and local or regional
cultural norms. Using theoretical approaches such as
'glocalization,' hybridity, hegemony, cultural imperialism, and
world-systems theory, the authors consider alternative scenarios
for global communication that could better mesh with these cultural
norms and practices. Given the rapid global consolidation of media
and the resulting reform of its regulatory agencies, this
reassessment is a timely and important read.
The Media Globe is a multifaceted look at contemporary trends in
media practices in regions beyond the United States, including
Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and
Australia. A diverse group of respected scholars follows the
emerging patterns in a variety of media worldwide, identifying the
existing and developing issues and the potential impacts on
democratic communication. They also assess the current tensions
between ongoing global media practices and local or regional
cultural norms. Using theoretical approaches such as
"glocalization," hybridity, hegemony, cultural imperialism, and
world-systems theory, the authors consider alternative scenarios
for global communication that could better mesh with these cultural
norms and practices. Given the rapid global consolidation of media
and the resulting reform of its regulatory agencies, this
reassessment is a timely and important read.
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