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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2026

Edited by
Martin Senftleben ,
Kristina Irion ,
Tarlach McGonagle  and
Joost Poort
Martin Senftleben
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
Kristina Irion
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
Tarlach McGonagle
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
Joost Poort
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam

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The Cambridge Handbook of Media Law and Policy in Europe , pp. v - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Contents

  1. List of Figures and Tables

  2. List of Contributors

  3. Preface

  4. Acknowledgements

  5. Rethinking European Media Law and Policy

    Melinda Rucz, Kristina Irion and Martin Senftleben

  6. Part IFundamental Rights Foundations of European Media Law and Policy

    1. 1Fundamental Rights Aspects of EU Media Regulation: Not Just an Act

      Tarlach McGonagle

    2. 2European Media Policy Grounded in Fundamental Rights: Linking the Council of Europe and the European Union

      Urška Umek and Max Z. van Drunen

    3. 3Designing Digital Constitutionalism: Copyright Exceptions and Limitations as a Regulatory Framework for Media Freedom and the Right to Information Online

      Christophe Geiger and Bernd Justin Jütte

    4. 4Legitimacy of Sanctions against Media as a Counteraction to Alien Propaganda

      Andrei Richter and Anna Smulders

  7. Part IIRethinking European Media Governance

    1. 5Big Promises, Small Deeds: The Bumpy Ride from Media Ownership Transparency to Ownership Restrictions

      Josef Trappel

    2. 6Influencers Challenging the AVMSD’s Scope: In Need of Patching Up or Fundamental Rethinking?

      Nadia Feci and Peggy Valcke

    3. 7New European Media Law: Enforcement, Compliance, and Democratic Legitimacy

      Tanja Kerševan

    4. 8Lost in Capture: How and Why the European Union Lost the Battle for Media Freedom in Europe

      Marius Dragomir and Zsuzsa Detrekői

    5. 9Media Policy Transfer in Europe: Mission Failing

      Krisztina Rozgonyi

  8. Part IIICountering the Information Disorder

    1. 10Evolution of the Understanding of Harm and Its Prevention in EU Media Law

      Sally Broughton Micova

    2. 11The European Union’s Fight against Online Disinformation: Can Safeguarding Fundamental Rights Harm Fundamental Rights?

      Elda Brogi and Iva Nenadić

    3. 12A Missed Opportunity? Information Resilience and Public Service Media Policy in the European Union

      Minna Aslama Horowitz and Marius Dragomir

    4. 13Regulating the Extreme Public Sphere

      Eugenia Siapera

    5. 14Governance of Information Disorders 2.0: Advancing Co-regulatory Frameworks

      Stephan Dreyer

  9. Part IVCoping with Digital Transformations

    1. 15Big Tech’s Differentiated Lobbying: Analysing the Political Activity of Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft in EU Media Policy

      Melinda Rucz and Kristina Irion

    2. 16Bargaining in the Shadow of the Press Publishers’ Right

      Ula Furgał and Martin Kretschmer

    3. 17Is Harmonization Good if the End Result Is Even More Fragmentation? The Case of Article 15 CDSM Directive and the Exclusion of ‘Very Short Extracts’

      Eleonora Rosati

  10. Part VNew Directions for Preserving Journalism

    1. 18No News Is Bad News: The Role of Government in News Markets in the Age of Aggregators and AI

      Joost Poort

    2. 19Regulating Opinion Power: Journalism, Platforms, and Public Speech

      Andrew T. Kenyon

    3. 20Can (IP) Law Help Preserve Quality Journalism?

      Daniel Gervais

    4. 21Remuneration for AI Training: A New Source of Income for Journalists?

      Martin Senftleben

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