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Convergence Revisited

Toward a Modified Pattern of Communications Governance

University of Zurich, Switzerland, m.latzer@ ipmz.uzh.ch

This article revisits the nature and governance implications of the convergence phenomenon more than a decade after it gained major prominence in politics and research. It analyses the reforms undertaken in reaction to convergence, outlines their common features, and argues that a worldwide trend towards a modified common governance pattern for convergent communications markets is emerging. The major constituent components include integrated strategies, control structures and legal frameworks for the convergent communications sector; a technology-neutral functional taxonomy; a subdivision into transmission and content regulation; and a growing reliance on alternative modes of regulation such as self- and co-regulation.

Key Words: communications research • convergence • governance • media policy • regulation • telecommunications policy

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Vol. 15, No. 4, 411-426 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1354856509342342


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