Media Governance

The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional foci. The first part addresses the epistemological and ontological flaws in the use and adaptation of media governance. The second part opens pathways for critique and provides a thorough understanding of the ambivalences that scholars encounter when addressing media governance as a field of study. The third part highlights shortcomings like geographical narrowness and tensions in the use of media governance concepts. The scholarly contributions show that media governance as a field of study is far from being established: its conceptualizations are in flux and need scholarly self-reflection, and ongoing discussions need to leave behind universalist conceptualizations and methods of analysis. The chapters reflect on hegemony, power, sovereignty, and identity as conceptual center points in media governance research. The book uniquely breaks with self-referential Western academia and is part of ongoing collaborative scholarly efforts towards epistemic transformation through dialogue.

Sarah Anne Ganter is Assistant Professor of Communication and Cultural Policy in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Her work is influenced by a cosmopolitan approach to academic work, integrating scholarly work from different cultural, linguistic and geographical academic settings She has published widely on media governance, digital policy and regulation, and journalism, and analyzes media and digital policy transformations from a theoretical perspective that focuses on the dynamics and interactions shaping institutional fields. Her work is published in scholarly journals, international book projects, including the co-authored book "The Power of Platforms: Shaping Media and Society."

Hanan Badr is Professor for Public Spheres and Inequalities at the Department of Communication, University of Salzburg, Austria. Her work focuses comparing media systems, diversifying communication research, globalization and digitization transform journalism and She held positions at Freie Universität Berlin, Cairo University, Gulf University for Sciences and Technology and Orient-Institut Beirut. Her work was published in Digital Journalism, International Communication Gazette, Media & Communication and Media, War & Conflict. Hanan won awards including the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and the DAAD Scholarship Award. She was elected as a Vice-Chair for the Activism, Communication and Social Change at the International Communication Association and serves as Regional Liasion Coordinator for AEJMC International Communication Division ICD.

Introduction Sarah Anne Ganter and Hanan Badr.- Part I. Concepts and Epistemology.- 1.Naomi Sakr: Media Governance in turbulent times: Conceptual reflections from the Arab World.- 2.Sanjay Asthana: Sovereignty, Power, and Agency in Neoliberal Configurations of Media and Governance in the Global South.- 3.Hyejin Jong and Dal Yong Jin: Media Governance as Utopian Concept in Internationalized Mediascapes: Challenges for conceptual development in South Korea.- 4. Rodrigo Gómez: Challenges of Media Governance and Media Policy in the age of platform imperialism: A view from Latin America.- Part II. Critique and ambivalences: Assessing Media Governance.- 1. Ufuoma Akpojivi: Cosmopolitan Media, Contestation, and Critique: Assessing Media.- 2. Segura, Maria Soledad and Linares, Alejandro: Towards democratic governance of media and public communication? An analysis of participatory state institutions created in Latin America between 2000 and 2015..- 3. Sadia Jamil: Role of Effective MediaGovernance for Public Service Delivery: Challenges for Policy Makers in Pakistan.- 4.Rasha Allam: The Egyptian Media Governance Framework: Gains and Limitations.- Part III. New Perspectives and Conceptual Innovations.- 1.. Eman M. Soliman and Sara S. Elmaghraby: Internet Governance in Egypt: Detecting Power.- 2. Afonso de Albuquerque and Lucineide Magalhães de Matos: Media Governance and Fake News in Brazil.- 3.Bruce Mutsvairo and Trust Matsilele: The Role of the Media in Conflict Resolution in Zimbabwe: Theorizing Media Governance through the Diasporic media lens.- 4.Preeti Raghunath: Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach: Media Policy Studies from the Global South.