Review by Choice Review
A key and complex goal of the European Union is to encourage competitiveness of European media companies in the global market. Another goal is to safeguard cultural diversity and foster European culture. These two positions are at the heart of most of the debates on EU media policy. As Peters (communication, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) observes in his concluding chapter, those who want to gain access to EU documents and decision-making procedures are often met with bureaucratic reluctance. Thus readers will welcome this book, which goes a good way in contributing an overview of Europe's role in media governance with reference to EU institutions and associations, both industry and unions. The book presents the work of ten Brussels-based European organizations chosen from a variety of media sectors; contributors describe the role of their individual organizations--the entities they represent, how they interface with other media industries, their major position papers, and the future issues they are attempting to deal with on a European level. This work is especially useful given the current shift in media rules and regulations from national government policies to local, regional, national, and international ones. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, professionals. M. R. Grant emerita, Wheaton College
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
Review by Choice Review
