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Irini Katsirea
This topical book is concerned with the intersection of media freedom, media regulation, and the law. Koltay identifies the threefold aim of media regulation in Europe as the protection of freedom, the guarantee of social responsibility, and the protection from harm. He sets himself the task of examining the ways in which this aim is reflected in European legal frameworks and case law. The book’s geographic scope covers mostly the European Union and the United Kingdom, while the United States serves as a useful counterpoint. Its substantive scope covers both legacy and digital media, while acknowledging that the status of online platforms remains uncertain. Koltay suggests that the tension between the goal of democratic governance and liberalism as the political ideology of choice in Europe can be resolved by a “correct interpretation of media freedom” (p. 5). While his emphasis is on media freedom, his analysis also extends to questions of freedom of expression, especially as regards online platforms. This volume is conceived as “primarily a descriptive work,” aiming to shed light on European regulations to understand whether they “actually reflect a certain common European ideal”
