Holtz-Bacha C (2023)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Book Volume: 39
Pages Range: 37-55
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1177/02673231231176966
Open Access Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231231176966
Although the European Union has been pursuing media policy for decades, its legal competence
for the media sector remains limited. Since its inception in the 1980s, the EU had to base its media
policy on its responsibility to enforce the internal market and the direct application of competition
law, which has led to a one-sided economic perspective on the media. With references to the EU
Charter of Fundamental Rights, the enshrinement of European values in the EU Treaty, the rule of
law mechanism, and driven by the European Parliament, the EU Commission has recently shown a
new direction in its media-related activities, which acknowledge the important role of the media in
democracy and increasingly place media freedom and media pluralism at the center of its media
policy. The draft European Media Freedom Act presented by the Commission in autumn 2022
brings together the numerous activities aimed at protecting the freedom of the media and
their independence, and at the same time seems to test the limits of the scope for its media policy.
APA:
Holtz-Bacha, C. (2023). Freedom of the media, pluralism, and transparency. European media policy on new paths? European Journal of Communication, 39(1), 37-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02673231231176966
MLA:
Holtz-Bacha, Christina. "Freedom of the media, pluralism, and transparency. European media policy on new paths?" European Journal of Communication 39.1 (2023): 37-55.
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