Islands
Islands are particular sections of the broader Mapping Global Media Policy platform. An Island may be a clearly defined topic, a discrete policy debate, an institutional actor with its network relations, or a set of related policy documents. Whereas the Categories and the Search function of this website provide access to all the content of the site, Islands highlight the profiles which are related to such a specific section. If you are interested in building an Island, please contact us at policymapping@iamcr.org.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Canadian Broadcast Policy |
This section includes organizations, policy documents and resources that build and influence the policy environment for broadcasting in Canada. The section was created as part of university courses offered by Marc Raboy (McGill University) and Genevieve Bonin (University of Ottawa). |
| Gender & Media |
This section concerns Gender-oriented Communication Governance (GoC_Gov) understood as the set of governing arrangements that promote a social agenda for change based on gender equity in and through any form of mediated communication. The section has been initiated as part of a research project conducted at the University of Padova (2011-2013) and includes organizational and individual actors, policy documents and resources that pertain to GoC_Gov, with a specific focus on the supra-national and transnational context. |
| Media Policy Change in North Africa and the Middle East |
Political change in several countries of North Africa and the Middle East has led to a debate on media policy reform in these countries. Here we will gather and categorize proposals for media policy change, and actors that are trying to trigger and influence this change. The section is being built by Gretchen King and Ilana Hanukov (both McGill University). |
| Korean Broadcast Policy |
This thematic section serves to gather and highlight information on broadcast policy in Korea, particularly concerning the current issues of digital transition, license fee, media rep and spectrum auction. The section is developed by Prof. Daeho Kim, Department of Communications and Information, Inha University, South Korea. |
| International Institutions |
This section includes global and intergovernmental institutions in the field of global media policy, with links to key documents that they have produced. The section was created by students in the graduate seminar COMS-627 on Global Media Governance, offered by Prof. Marc Raboy at McGill University in winter 2011. More profiles are added on a rolling basis. |
| Repositories, Maps and Databases |
This section encompasses databases that collect and present information on actors, laws, forces and trends in the field of media and communication across the globe. Some of these repositories adopt a specific policy focus whereas others adopt a broad and comprehensive approach. The section thus points to complementary data sources on global media policy. It includes databases created and hosted by civil society, academic institutions, and international organizations. |
| Financing Public Service Broadcasting |
This section concerns current and historical debates on the financing of public service broadcasting. The current dataset (actors, policy documents and resources) focuses on Germany and the United Kingdom, and was created by Christian Potschka. Data on other countries may be added in the future. |
| Community Media Policy |
Governments and international institutions are increasingly recognizing community media as the 'third sector' of broadcasting, next to commercial and public service media. This emerging section of the database will collect information on actors, policy documents and resources that advance, obstruct or observe this process. |