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Media and Communications Policy Making

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This chapter explores why and how transnational policy is made, examines structures and processes employed in making transnational policy, describes the roles of bilateral and multinational agreements and treaties, and discusses issues of national sovereignty in international policy making. It examines the policy processes of multinational organizations such as the International Telecommunications Union, World Intellectual Property Organization and World Trade Organization in providing international policy for activities such as telegraph, telephony, wireless, broadcasting, satellite and internet operations and in creating mechanisms to internationalize copyright and govern media and communication trade. It explores nongovernmental global governance and how varying national interests and priorities affect international policy making.

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Picard, R.G. (2020). Global Policy Making. In: Media and Communications Policy Making. Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35173-1_5

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