Self-and Co-Regulation

Latzer, Michael; Just, Natascha; Saurwein, Florian

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“…Enhanced self-regulation exists within broader theories on self-regulation. This article concentrates on two forms of self-regulation: industry and corporate self-regulation, which the media governance literature has noticed that are especially applicable in areas that are sensitive to state regulation, as is the case with content regulation (Latzer et al, 2013: 375; Puppis, 2010). In industry self-regulation, firms cooperate with each other to set rules for their own conduct, which may be significantly shaped by some or all of the cooperating firms (Porter and Ronit, 2006).…”

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“…The consequential partial participation means that public interests receive less consideration and protection and therefore lead to the underachievement of goals that the relevant policies are aimed to promote. Similarly, the collaboration between the participating, and usually larger, organizations can form unwanted cartels and lead to anti-competitive behavior (Latzer et al, 2013: 375).…”

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“…Internet-governance scholars have also become aware of these changes and have asked to address new and private regulatory arrangements, for instance, around content filtering and privacy (Hofmann et al, 2017). Media-regulation scholars have followed this governance approach to research self-regulatory arrangements initially in traditional media sectors and later also in digital media sectors (Latzer et al, 2013; Puppis, 2010). These digital media sectors rely largely on the self-regulatory nature of Internet governance, which social media companies are most protective to maintain (Gillespie, 2018; Zuboff, 2019).…”

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“…Given the little systematic and empirical investigation into regulatory intermediation, I answer the consumer empowerment section of the second question by using the criteria for evaluating the publicness of organizations (Stirton and Lodge, 2001), followed by an inductive qualitative approach aimed at identifying criteria for evaluating and comparing regulatory intermediation arrangements. I then answer the third question by adopting Latzer et al’s (2007) analytical framework for assessing alternative regulatory arrangements to compare the regimes of self-regulation that I identify. The next section of the article introduces the theoretical framework.…”

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Enhanced self-regulation: The case of Facebook’s content governance

Medzini¹

2021

New Media & Society

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Content regulation on digital platforms has become a contested issue on the public and scholarly agendas. To understand how digital platform providers experiment with making commitments regarding their regulation, this article process-traces Facebook’s content regulation to ask how it self-regulates despite constant pressures for policy intervention. The first part of the article shows how Facebook moved from its initial “thin” self-regulatory regime toward what I call “enhanced self-regulation,” which relies on first-party and independent third-party intermediaries. Thereafter, I show how Facebook self-regulated the balance between public and private interests over time and across the regimes. The findings suggest that powerful actors such as Facebook can innovate in self-regulation by reallocating content-related responsibilities to intermediaries and subsequently create polycentric governance regimes. Lessons about how self-regulators that face public criticism can make more credible commitments to public interests are then drawn from the strengths and weakness of enhanced self-regulation.

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Enhanced self-regulation: The case of Facebook’s content governance

Medzini¹

2021

New Media & Society

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“…In the context of the European integration process, many authors call attention to the signifi cantly less intensity of communication activities in the trans-national public sphere (European), than occurs on the national level, which is not conducive neither to the creation of a European identity, nor a legitimization of the policies of European institutions. 13…”

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The European Public Sphere – Barriers and Limitations

Szymańska¹

2018

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In the classic approach the public sphere is a space, where the common debate takes place, where common issues are discussed, often through the media and on its forum. This sphere, on a national level, exists in every political system. The question is, is it also possible to speak about a common public sphere on a European scale? The process of European integration after all, deals with countries of varied languages, cultures, and traditions concerning the political debate. Is it possible, that a mutual (European) public sphere may arise in countries with varied media systems and journalistic traditions? And, fi nally, can this sphere arise -what is especially important today -within countries of varied interpretations of and links to democratic standards? In this context the problem of the fragmentation of the communication environment and its impact on the condition of the public sphere takes on a new dimension. The goal of this article is an analysis of the conditions limiting the creation and development of a European public sphere. Keywords: European public sphere, media and European integration, international political communication 1 This publication is a modifi ed version of a chapter entitled "Rola mediów w międzynarodowej komunikacji politycznej" [The role of the media in international political communication], in Agnieszka Szymańska's monograph "Europa dziennikarzy. Dyplomacja mediów a (post)narodowa Europa w świetle wypowiedzi niemieckich dziennikarzy prasowych" [A

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“That’s PEGI, the American system!”: Perceptions of video game age ratings among families in Norway

Azam

2023

Media, Culture & Society

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The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system was established as a self-regulatory system in 2003 and has been touted as a success story of modern European media regulation. Today PEGI provides video game age ratings for nearly 40 European countries on a vast array of digital platforms. Now, almost two decades after the introduction of PEGI, little is known about how the self-regulation of video games has been received by the end-user, and how the evolving landscape of digital media platforms has affected this reception. The current study draws on qualitative interview data from families in Norway to investigate perceptions and applications of video game age ratings, emphasizing regulatory challenges. The study finds that while families use video game age ratings actively as a part of their investigative practices, there is a severe lack of knowledge about media regulation and a strong sense of Americanization. The study also indicates that families view media age ratings homogeneously without much attention paid to variations in-between different rating systems. I conclude that research on media regulation needs to move beyond a theoretical and legislative vacuum devoid of the end-user’s reality to better enable public knowledge and scrutiny of media regulation.

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Self-and Co-Regulation

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Enhanced self-regulation: The case of Facebook’s content governance

Enhanced self-regulation: The case of Facebook’s content governance

The European Public Sphere – Barriers and Limitations

“That’s PEGI, the American system!”: Perceptions of video game age ratings among families in Norway

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