Contents Preface xv 1 Introduction to media and communication governance: from labelling to theorizing and practice 1 Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell and Hilde Van den Bulck PART I THEORIZING GOVERNANCE 2 Sociological institutionalism: conceptualizing media governance as institution and organization 28 Manuel Puppis 3 Historical institutionalism 40 Sara Bannerman and Bradley McNeil 4 Discursive institutionalism 50 Sarah Anne Ganter and Maria Löblich 5 Critical political economy: inside or outside the tent? 61 Peter A. Thompson 6 The political economies of communication, ‘big tech’ and cultural industries from the ‘industrial age’ to the ‘internet era’ 73 Dwayne Winseck 7 Co-evolution: applications and implications for governance research in communication studies 88 Johannes M. Bauer and Michael Latzer 8 Theories of the policy process 100 Kari Steen-Johnsen and Vilde Schanke Sundet 9 Critical discourse analysis and telecommunications policy: the myth of technological neutrality 112 Christopher Ali PART II CHALLENGES FOR GOVERNANCE 10 The independence of media regulatory authorities ‘on the books’ and ‘on the ground’ 126 Kristina Irion 11 Transnationalization of media and governance 141 Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw and Hartmut Wessler 12 Done is better than perfect: evidence, governance, power and platform regulation 154 Leighton Andrews 13 Participatory and collaborative governance 166 Aphra Kerr 14 Diversity in governance 179 Tamara Shepherd 15 Anticolonial world-making: racial justice and global communication governance 191 Paula Chakravartty and Charli Muller PART III GOVERNANCE FORMS AND LEVELS 16 Realigning incentives through formal media, communications and platform governance 203 Robin Mansell 17 Governance through a crisis: media regulation in nondemocratic systems 220 Gregory Asmolov 18 Ants among elephants: regulatory challenges in countries without globally dominant players 233 Peng Hwa Ang and Swati Maheshwari 19 Industry-level self- and co-regulation in media and communications 247 Florian Saurwein, Alena Birrer and Danya He 20 Private ordering of media organisations and platform operators 262 Tobias Mast, Matthias C. Kettemann and Wolfgang Schulz 21 Media accountability and ethics in Africa 276 Herman Wasserman 22 Governance by technological design, a critique 287 João C. Magalhães 23 Multi-level governance 300 Hilde Van den Bulck 24 European media governance: the EU and the Council of Europe 314 Damian Tambini 25 Global media and communication governance: the role of nation states 331 Julia Pohle PART IV GOVERNANCE AND RIGHTS 26 Communication rights, liberalism and the good life 345 Andrew Calabrese 27 Communication rights and capabilities 360 Amit M. Schejter and Baruch Shomron 28 Governing mediation in the data ecosystem: lessons from media governance for overcoming data asymmetries 374 Stefaan Verhulst 29 Data privacy 386 Ine Van Zeeland and Jo Pierson 30 Governing media and communications diversity in the digital age 400 Fiona R. Martin and Tim Koskie 31 Children vs adults: negotiating UNCRC General comment No. 25 on children’s rights in the digital environment 417 Sonia Livingstone, Amanda Third and Gerison Lansdown PART V GOVERNING ISSUES 32 Media literacy governance 433 Joyce Vissenberg and Leen d’Haenens 33 Resistance and the limits of media literacy in countering disinformation (in transitional media systems) 447 Shakuntala Banaji 34 Media power and ownership concentration 461 Natascha Just, Alena Birrer and Danya He 35 Competition law and regulation 475 Maria Michalis 36 Towards a new sense of purpose? Core shifts in audiovisual industry support 489 Tim Raats and Stephanie Tintel 37 Deplatforming and deplatformization as governance strategies 503 José van Dijck, Tim de Winkel and Mirko Tobias Schäfer 38 Accessible censorship 517 Nathan Dobson and Nicole Stremlau 39 AI, big data and bias: governing datafication through a data justice lens 529 Arne Hintz 40 Platforms in the Global South 541 Ram Bhat 41 Environmental sustainability 555 Gynna Farith Millan Franco and Toby Miller 42 Spectrum governance and 5G wireless 571 Gregory Taylor 43 Communication infrastructure and networks 586 Seamus Simpson

‘A timely intervention that successfully combines an effort in consolidating a field of study that has grown increasingly diverse over the past three decades, with the ambition to articulate communication governance – its modes, challenges and core values – so as to investigate power relations and address a fundamental question: “whose interests should take precedence when new approaches to governing the digital ecology are put in place?”’