Broadcasting, voice, and accountability
Subtitle: a public interest approach to policy, law, and regulation
By: Steve Buckley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Buckley, Steve, 1960 Jan. 24-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780472032723
Subjects: Broadcasting; Freedom of speech; Broadcasting policy
Notes: Hardcover edition published by the World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Papers specially commissioned by the  Center for Global Communication Studies [CGCS] at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania after the conference on Media, Voice, and Development, held at Cherkley Court in Surrey (UK) on July 12, 2006, organized by McGill [University] and Annenberg in partnership with the Beaverbrook Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Governance, broadcasting, and development. Governance, development, and media; title: Broadcasting sectors and types; title: Regional broadcasting characteristics and trends; title: The enabling environment for media. Introduction; title: Guarantees of freedom of expression; title: Enabling access to information; title: Use and misuse of defamation law; title: Content rules and limits to free speech; title: Regulation of journalists; title: Promoting plural and independent broadcasting. Introduction; title: Regulation and the government role; title: Regulating broadcast content and distribution; title: Public service broadcasting; title: Community nonprofit broadcasting; title: Commercial private sector broadcasting.