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Broadcasting, voice, and accountability : a public interest approach to policy, law, and regulation / Steve Buckley ... [et al.] ; with Monroe E. Price, Mark Raboy.

Contributor(s): Buckley, Steve, 1960 January 24- | World Bank GroupMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : World Bank Group, c2008. Description: xiv, 402 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0821372955; 9780821372951Subject(s): Broadcasting | Freedom of speech | Broadcasting policyDDC classification: 343.0994 LOC classification: HE8689.4 | .B753 2008Online resources: Related website : | Table of contents only
Contents:
Pt. 1. Governance, broadcasting, and development -- Governance, development and media -- Broadcasting sectors and types -- Regional broadcasting characteristics and trends -- Pt. 2. The enabling environment for media -- Guarantees of freedom of expression -- Enabling access to information -- Use and misuse of defamation law -- Content rules and limits to free speech -- Regulation of journalists -- Pt. 3. Promoting plural and independent broadcasting -- Regulation and the government role -- Regulating broadcast content and distribution -- Public service broadcasting -- Community nonprofit broadcasting -- Commercial private sector broadcasting -- Epilogue : Information needs and development options.
Abstract: This book provides guidelines, tools, and real world examples to help assess and reform the enabling environment for media development that serves public interest goals. It builds on a growing awareness of the role of media and voice in the promotion of transparent and accountable governance, in the empowerment of people to better exercise their rights and hold leaders to account; and in support of equitable development including improved livelihoods, health, and access to education. The book provides development practitioners with an overview of the key policy and regulatory issues involved in supporting freedom of information and expression and enabling independent public service media. Country examples illustrate how these norms have been institutionalized in various contexts.
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"Steve Buckley, Kreszentia Duer, Toby Mendel, Seán Ó Siochrú ; with Monroe E. Price, Mark Raboy."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268) and index.

Pt. 1. Governance, broadcasting, and development -- Governance, development and media -- Broadcasting sectors and types -- Regional broadcasting characteristics and trends -- Pt. 2. The enabling environment for media -- Guarantees of freedom of expression -- Enabling access to information -- Use and misuse of defamation law -- Content rules and limits to free speech -- Regulation of journalists -- Pt. 3. Promoting plural and independent broadcasting -- Regulation and the government role -- Regulating broadcast content and distribution -- Public service broadcasting -- Community nonprofit broadcasting -- Commercial private sector broadcasting -- Epilogue : Information needs and development options.

This book provides guidelines, tools, and real world examples to help assess and reform the enabling environment for media development that serves public interest goals. It builds on a growing awareness of the role of media and voice in the promotion of transparent and accountable governance, in the empowerment of people to better exercise their rights and hold leaders to account; and in support of equitable development including improved livelihoods, health, and access to education. The book provides development practitioners with an overview of the key policy and regulatory issues involved in supporting freedom of information and expression and enabling independent public service media. Country examples illustrate how these norms have been institutionalized in various contexts.

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