Media Policy
The media policy cluster specialises in research on content and competition policies in particular. Its research can be situated within the political economy research paradigm combining insights from communication sciences, political sciences, economy and law. The cluster studies several policy domains at the local, national, European and international level. Its methods comprise document analysis, expert interviews and focus groups with stakeholders in policy. The cluster has been increasingly engaged in policy preparing and consensus building research efforts. Several research topics are included in the cluster’s expertise.- Film policies: results of film (support) policies; digitisation of the film sector; relations between stakeholders in the (digitised) value network; reconfiguration of film (support) policies in a digital context.
- Public broadcasting policies and strategies: the evolution from public service broadcasting to public service media; re-negotiation of management contracts between public broadcasters and governments in various Member States; partnerships between public broadcasters and third parties.
- Flemish media policies: analysis and evaluation of different aspects of Flemish media policies (innovation policy in the media sector; support of children’s programming); transposition of European regulation into Flemish media regulation.
- European media policies: analysis and evaluation of sector-specific regulation of the audiovisual sector (content quota, commercial communication rules, protection of minors, etc.); evolution and results of audiovisual support programmes MEDIA and Eurimages.
- European competition policies: State aid control by the European Commission of Member States’ subsidies to public broadcasters; enforcement of anti-trust rules in the media and telecommunications sectors (with a specific focus on abuse of dominant position, market foreclosure and premium content rights).
- International trade policies: World Trade Organisation and trade in audiovisual goods and services; impact of international trade agreements on the Flemish audiovisual sector; cultural diversity instruments like the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity and cultural protocols between the European Union and third countries.
At present, the cluster consists of 8 researchers involved in a PhD and/or externally funded research projects
Digitale inhoud en auteursrechten in de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (2011)
The EU-Korea Protocol on Cultural Cooperation: Toward Cultural Diversity or Cultural Deficit? (2011)
De toekomstige plaats en rol van de openbare omroep in Vlaanderen: een stakeholderbevraging. (2010)
Actorposities inzake cultuur en handel in internationale fora (2010)
Culturele samenwerkingsprotocollen van de Europese Unie met derde landen. Stand van zaken en uitdagingen voor Vlaanderen (2010)
The European Commission and the EU-Korea Protocol on Cultural Cooperation: An Example of Agency Slack? (2010)
Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union (2010)
From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV. Paper accepted to the EuroITV 2009 Conference (2009)
From High hopes to High Deficit and Back: A historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV (2009)
Building a theoretical framework based on Douglass North's New Institutionalism to understand the audiovisual dossier in the WTO (2009)
Overzicht van de internationale beleidscontext voor het Vlaamse cultuur- en mediabeleid (met focus op audiovisueel beleid) (2009)
Het audiovisuele dossier op de agenda van de Wereldhandelsorganisatie. Een institutioneel en politiek-economisch onderzoek naar de teneur, vorm en marges van de WTO interventie in audiovisueel beleid (2009)
Advies omtrent de herziening van de omroepmededeling (2008)
Audiovisueel beleid en de WTO: beleidsopties in functie van culturele diversiteit. (2008)
Het Europese staatssteunbeleid en de openbare omroep: welke antwoorden voor de VRT? (2008)
Cultural Diversity in a Context of Interinstitutional Dialectics: Leeway or No Way? Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy Section (2008)
Naar een nieuwe globale communicatieorde: audiovisueel beleid binnen WTO. (2008)
Culturele diversiteit komt niet vanzelf (2007)
Culture Inc. or Trade Revisited? How Interinstitutional Dialectics and Dynamic Actor Positions Affect the Outcome of the Debate on Cultural Trade and Diversity (2006)
A dialectical view on the US position towards the liberalization of audiovisual services. (2006)
Can the existing WTO legal framework take into account the cultural specificity of the audiovisual sector? (2006)
Actor positions on the audiovisual dossier and the interinstitutional dialectics between WTO and UNESCO (2006)
Culture Inc. or Trade revisited? How interinstitutional dialectics and dynamic actor positions affect the outcomes of the debate on cultural trade and diversity. (2006)
De liberalisering van de audiovisuele sector: het zwarte GATT? (2006)
Film en beleid (2005)
Von GATT zu GATS und darüber hinaus. Die Bedeutung der WTO für die audiovisuelle Politik (2004)
WTO Policy in Audiovisual services (2003)
The WTO and the audiovisual sector. Economic free trade vs cultural horse trading (2003)
The impact of WTO negotiations on the future of audiovisual policy (2003)
De WTO en de audiovisuele sector: economische vrijhandel vs. culturele koehandel? (2002)
Naar een nieuwe globale audiovisuele orde: over de impact van de WTO op audiovisueel beleid (2002)
The EU-Korea Protocol on Cultural Cooperation: Toward Cultural Diversity or Cultural Deficit? (2011)
De toekomstige plaats en rol van de openbare omroep in Vlaanderen: een stakeholderbevraging. (2010)
Actorposities inzake cultuur en handel in internationale fora (2010)
Culturele samenwerkingsprotocollen van de Europese Unie met derde landen. Stand van zaken en uitdagingen voor Vlaanderen (2010)
The European Commission and the EU-Korea Protocol on Cultural Cooperation: An Example of Agency Slack? (2010)
Implementing the UNESCO Convention of 2005 in the European Union (2010)
From High Hopes to High Deficit and Back: A Historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV. Paper accepted to the EuroITV 2009 Conference (2009)
From High hopes to High Deficit and Back: A historic Overview of Europe's HDTV Policy and Reflections Towards the Future of HDTV (2009)
Building a theoretical framework based on Douglass North's New Institutionalism to understand the audiovisual dossier in the WTO (2009)
Overzicht van de internationale beleidscontext voor het Vlaamse cultuur- en mediabeleid (met focus op audiovisueel beleid) (2009)
Het audiovisuele dossier op de agenda van de Wereldhandelsorganisatie. Een institutioneel en politiek-economisch onderzoek naar de teneur, vorm en marges van de WTO interventie in audiovisueel beleid (2009)
Advies omtrent de herziening van de omroepmededeling (2008)
Audiovisueel beleid en de WTO: beleidsopties in functie van culturele diversiteit. (2008)
Het Europese staatssteunbeleid en de openbare omroep: welke antwoorden voor de VRT? (2008)
Cultural Diversity in a Context of Interinstitutional Dialectics: Leeway or No Way? Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference, Communication Law and Policy Section (2008)
Naar een nieuwe globale communicatieorde: audiovisueel beleid binnen WTO. (2008)
Culturele diversiteit komt niet vanzelf (2007)
Culture Inc. or Trade Revisited? How Interinstitutional Dialectics and Dynamic Actor Positions Affect the Outcome of the Debate on Cultural Trade and Diversity (2006)
A dialectical view on the US position towards the liberalization of audiovisual services. (2006)
Can the existing WTO legal framework take into account the cultural specificity of the audiovisual sector? (2006)
Actor positions on the audiovisual dossier and the interinstitutional dialectics between WTO and UNESCO (2006)
Culture Inc. or Trade revisited? How interinstitutional dialectics and dynamic actor positions affect the outcomes of the debate on cultural trade and diversity. (2006)
De liberalisering van de audiovisuele sector: het zwarte GATT? (2006)
Film en beleid (2005)
Von GATT zu GATS und darüber hinaus. Die Bedeutung der WTO für die audiovisuelle Politik (2004)
WTO Policy in Audiovisual services (2003)
The WTO and the audiovisual sector. Economic free trade vs cultural horse trading (2003)
The impact of WTO negotiations on the future of audiovisual policy (2003)
De WTO en de audiovisuele sector: economische vrijhandel vs. culturele koehandel? (2002)
Naar een nieuwe globale audiovisuele orde: over de impact van de WTO op audiovisueel beleid (2002)
