Media and Communications Policy Making: Processes, Dynamics and International Variations

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Part I: Contexts and Means of Policy Making -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Media and Communications Policy Studies -- Delineating and Defining the Media and Communications Policy Field -- Four Fundamental Terms -- Delineating the Media and Communications Policy Field -- Understanding the Political Domain -- Polity, Politics and the Public Sphere -- Competing Policy Domains -- Rationales for Policy -- Is Media/Communication Policy and Policy Making Unique? -- Conceptualizing Policy Making as Process and Stages -- Policies Are Based on Values, Norms and Principles -- Policy Making Involves Argumentation and Policy Narratives -- Final Words -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Points -- Bibliography -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 2: Policy-Making Environments and Locales -- Policy Making Occurs at Multiple Levels -- Unitary and Federalist States -- Institutional Influences on Policy Making -- Governance Institutions' Influences on Policy Making -- Media and Communications Administrative Agencies -- Executive and Independent Agencies -- Specialized Versus Converged Administration -- The Importance of Agency Competency -- Procedural Aspects -- Economic Systems and Institutional Influences on Policy -- Influences of Social Institutions on Policy -- Media Capture, Policy Capture and State Capture -- Final Words -- Chapter Summary -- Discussion Points -- Bibliography -- Suggested Readings -- Chapter 3: Politics in the Pursuit of Policy Outcomes -- Gaining Attention Is Crucial in Starting the Process -- Public Opinion, Narratives, Frames and Frameworks Influence the Process -- Who Gets Involved in the Policy Processes? -- Institutions of Policy -- Policy Capture and State Capture as Influences -- Communications and Media Policy Often Responds to Economic Issues -- Policy Processes Are Inherently Political.