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Walden, Ian --- "Press regulation in a converging environment" [2017] ELECD 869; in Mangan, David; Gillies, E. Lorna (eds), "The Legal Challenges of Social Media" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 61

Book Title: The Legal Challenges of Social Media

Editor(s): Mangan, David; Gillies, E. Lorna

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785364501

Section: Chapter 4

Section Title: Press regulation in a converging environment

Author(s): Walden, Ian

Number of pages: 22

Abstract/Description:

With the Leveson Inquiry, the Royal Charter and a forthcoming revision of the Communications Act 2003, the need to redesign the existing regulatory framework for the media in a converging environment is becoming increasingly apparent. This chapter considers the need for a regulatory scheme for the press and the difficulties of preserving freedom of expression while protecting and balancing other fundamental rights. Keywords: press regulation; convergence; Editors’ Code; PCC; IPSO