TY - BOOK AU - Ó Siochrú, Seán, AU - Girard, Bruce.;Mahan, Amy. ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : a beginner's guide SN - 0742515656 (alk. paper);0742515664 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 2 PY - 2002///];copyright 2002.46 CY - Lanham, MD PB - Rowman & Littlefield KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - International cooperation.;Political aspects KW - Communication;Mass media N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Part I -- 1 Introduction to National Media Regulation 3 -- 2 Global Goverance Institutions 15 -- 3 Trends in Media 25 -- Part II -- 4 The International Telecommunication Union 35 -- 5 The World Trade Organization and Trade in Media Products 51 -- 6 The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 71 -- 7 The World Intellectual Property Organization and Intellectual Property Rights 85 -- 8 The Interet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and Internet Governance 99 -- Part III -- 9 Global Media Regulation 119 -- 10 Actors and Trends in Global Governance 143 -- 11 Scenarios for Media Governance 163 -- Selected References for Further Reading 183 -- Selected URLs 189; 5 ER -