Peter Humphreys parla de la regulació audiovisual europea convidat per la Càtedra Unesco InCom-UAB

El professor de la Universitat de Manchester expert en polítiques audiovisuals Peter Humphreys impartirà una conferència i un taller doctoral els dies 3 i 4 de juny, convidat per la Càtedra Unesco de Comunicació InCom-UAB.

Peter Humphreys és professor de polítiques europees comparades des de 1986 i entre altres, ha codirigit el projecte de recerca Media Economics and Media Culture, en el marc del Consell de Recerca Econòmica i Social del Regne Unit, examinant l'evolució de les polítiques europees encaminades a limitar la concentració i a promoure el pluralisme en els mitjans de comunicació. Entre les seves publicacions recents destaquen Globalisation, Convergence and European Telecommunications Regulation [amb Seamus Simpson] (Edward Elgar: 2005) i Policy Transfer in European Union Governance; Regulating the Utilities [amb Simon Bulmer, David Dolowitz and Stephen Padgett] (Routledge, 2007).

*Les activitats seran en anglès.



Conferència:
Dimarts 3 de juny, 11.30h
Facultat de Ciències de la Comunicació de la UAB. Sala de Graus

"The European Union and Audiovisual Regulation: A Force for De-regulation or Re-regulation?"

Since the 1980s the EU has gained considerable influence in the field of audiovisual policy, principally through its regulatory influence in the field of the internal market and competition policy and also through its policies for 'convergence' in the electronic communications sector (broadcasting/telecoms/internet convergence). The lecture asks whether the impact has been 'de-regulatory' or 're-regulatory'. The lecture will explore where the balance of EU policy lies between the economic, social and cultural aspects of the audiovisual sector. In doing this, it will pay particular attention to the impact of the EU on public service broadcasting, and also ask whether the EU has done enough to promote media pluralism. The lecture will examine the EU's policies to promote European audiovisual production, and it will also look at the EU's external audiovisual policy stance with regard to the protection of the 'cultural exception'.



Taller doctoral:
Dimecres 4 de juny, 18.30h
Fundació CIDOB (Elisabets, 12. Barcelona)

Discussion: "The European Union and Audiovisual Regulation: A Force for De-regulation or Re-regulation?"

Briefly reiteration on the main themes of the lecture of 3rd June, followed by overwiews and student participation focusin on three main themes:
1) From the Television Without Frontiers Directive (1989) to the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2007): a story of de-regulation or re-regulation?
2) EU Competition Policy and State Aid in the Audiovisual Sector: the Impact on Public Service Broadcasting; and
3) The EU and Media Pluralism and Cultural Diversity: Has the EU Done Enough?



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