Codifying Cyberspace: Communications Self-Regulation in the Age of Internet Convergence

by Damian Tambini, Christopher Marsden, Danilo Leonardi, et al.

Book Overview

Can the Internet regulate itself? Faced with a range of 'harms' and conflicts associated with the new media - from gambling to pornography - many governments have resisted the temptation to regulate, opting instead to encourage media providers to develop codes of conduct and technical measures to regulate themselves.

Codifying Cyberspace looks at media self-regulation in practice, in a variety of countries. It also examines the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844721442
• ISBN13: 9781844721443
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"