Self-Regulation and the Internet examines how self-regulatory entities for content relate to other quasi-legal and state institutions, what powers are accorded to or seized by self-regulatory institutions, and how the use of self-regulation can contribute to the more effective and more efficient realization of both economic and societal goals. This book offers:
- a general and theoretical examination of self-regulation, focusing on codes of conduct;
- approaches to the methodology and process for adopting such codes;
- descriptions and evaluations of technical devices as self-regulatory tools; and
- an analysis of Internet self-regulation in a converged and digital environment.