Media Legislation

This article presents an exploratory argumentative analysis of the state legislation on communication in Mexico. It proposes a categorization and relevant issues related to the matter extent of being legislated in each region. The subnational category is used in Political Studies because it allows the re-signification of the region as a scenario with its own political life, irreducible to the sum of the parts of the national State. The national bias has remained on the legislation research in social communication in Mexico, privileging the analysis of federal laws. This article addresses the knowledge gap in state laws. The final discussion presents the differences in the legal instruments of each region; these are signs of the subnational category. It is necessary to emphasize an analytically understanding of the national social communication regulation from the regional.

This article presents an exploratory argumentative analysis of the state legislation on communication in Mexico. It proposes a categorization and relevant issues related to the matter extent of being legislated in each region. The subnational category is used in Political Studies because it allows the re-signification of the region as a scenario with its own political life, irreducible to the sum of the parts of the national State. The national bias has remained on the legislation research in social communication in Mexico, privileging the analysis of federal laws. This article addresses the knowledge gap in state laws. The final discussion presents the differences in the legal instruments of each region; these are signs of the subnational category. It is necessary to emphasize an analytically understanding of the national social communication regulation from the regional.

The chapter accurately illustrates Italian media, divided, accordingly to the guidelines provided by European Journalism Centre, in Traditional media (Print Media, Radio, Television, Cinema, Telecommunications) and New Media (Online media, Digital media). A complete overview of each media sector is provided, including a description of their overall trends and of their main actors (editiorial policies are analyzed, updated figures are provided on their readership/audience/number of spectators and revenue/number of unique users per day, as well as on their share in the advertising market). The chapters also includes a Section dedicated to Media organizations, including news agencies and trade unions, and a Section dedicated to National Media Policies, describing Italian media legislation, accountability systems and regulatory authorities. A Section on learning and support is also provided. Finally, in the Conclusions, Italian media development trends are sketched. Sources and literature are provided at the end of each Section.