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Iosifidis considers the social, political, economic and technological changes arising from the globalization of the communications industries and assesses their impact on regulation and policy.

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Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Author Preface Guest Foreword Introduction PART I: A TRILOGY ON THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN MEDIA Media Policy in The Public Interest Media Regulation in The Public Interest Media Policy and Regulation in The Public Interest: Looking Ahead PART II Global Communication Paradigms Globalization and the Nation-State PART III Supranational Sites, Non-State Actors and Global Media Policy Media and Communications Policy in the European Union PART IV The Convergence Phenomenon in Communications Regulatory Convergence Guidelines for Regulatory Reform Bibliography Index

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Petros Iosifidis is Professor in Media and Communication Policy in the Department of Sociology, City University London, UK. He is the author of Public Television in the Digital Era (2007), Global Media and Communication Policy (2011), co-author of The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (2013) and editor of Reinventing Public Service Communication (2010).

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