The Dynamics of Regulation: Global Control, Local Resistance

George Gantzias

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Theories of Regulation, the Public Interest and Info-com Policy: The Twenty-first Century Convergence Vision for Info-com Policy Part I: Regulation, Regulatory Authorities and the Public Interest: British Broadcasting and Advertising Regulation Policy 2. Resistance to Americanisation by Local/National Broadcasting Policy: the Case of the British Broadcasting Model 3. Commercial Broadcasting and Advertising: Legislation, Regulation and Regulatory Authorities, 1954-72 4. Reforming Regulation Policy and Legislation in Broadcasting: 1972-80 5. Liberalisation, Control and Resistance: New Media and the Public Interest, in British Broadcasting Advertising Part II: The Dynamics of Regulation and the Public Interest in the Deregulation/Re-Regulation and Liberalisation Era 6. The Dynamics of Regulatory Activity: Control and Resistance. The Three Broadcasting Regulation Paradigms: Unitary, Semidetached and Detached 7. More of Less Regulation in the 1990s: The Paradox and the Problems in British Broadcasting 8. How Process Regulation Works in Practice: The Case Study of Regulation of Female Sanitary Protection (San-pro) Advertising on Television Part III: Global/Regional Control and Resistance 9 Global/Regional Forces in Regulation of Television Advertising: Consumer Protection vs Freedom of Commercial Speech in Europe 10. Conclusion: Regulation as a Positive Force to Resist Global Disorder - the Twenty-first Century Vision is the Info-com Society Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Index