Codifying cyberspace : communications self-regulation in the age of Internet convergence / Damian Tambini, Danilo Leonardi and Chris Marsden.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2008.

63049

Internet -- Law and legislation.

Computer networks -- Law and legislation.

Computer networks -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.

1. The classic model of self-regulation on the Internet --2. Self-regulation of media content in Europe --3. Methodology and media self-regulatory codes of conduct --4. Press councils: codes and analysis of codes in the European Union --5. Mechanisms for self-regulation in the broadcasting sector in the European Union --6. Internet content and self-regulation --7. ISP codes of conduct --8. Self-regulation of the electronic games industry --9. Self-regulation of the film industry --10. Mobile telephony-delivered Internet services and codes of conduct to protect minors from adult content --11. The privatisation of censorship? Self-regulation and freedom of expression --12. Conclusion: current challenges in media self-regulation.

This book looks at media self-regulation in practice, in a variety of countries, and examines the problems of balancing private censorship against fundamental rights to freedom of expression and privacy for media users.

The three-year Oxford University Study which is the basis of this book was funded by the European Commission.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781844721443

x, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm