Media management law and policy

Despite the ongoing debate about the role the media play in democracies, there is little empirical research on its role in lawmaking.
Yet studies conducted at the micro-level can provide insight into the influence journalists exert on this fundamental aspect of politics.

Four fundamental terms need to be distinguished in studying the field:

Braman 2004 situates media policy within the broader spectrum of information policy; the author later (in Braman 2006) examines the increasing role of the government in controlling information production and transmission.

This paper examines media policy as a category within the broader spectrum of information policy, understood as all law and regulation dealing with the information production chain.
The author strives to provide a comprehensive definition of the field of media policy.
Braman, Sandra. 2006.
Change of state:

Braman 2004 situates media policy within the broader spectrum of information policy; the author later (in Braman 2006) examines the increasing role of the government in controlling information production and transmission

This paper examines media policy as a category within the broader spectrum of information policy, understood as all law and regulation dealing with the information production chain

The author strives to provide a comprehensive definition of the field of media policy

Change of state: Information, policy, and power