Books by Jan (Universiteit Leiden) Oster

This textbook is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of European, transnational, and international media law. With engaging case examples, it discusses how a variety of topics - such as communication via mass media, social norms, media economics, media technology, and globalisation's effects on domestic law - relate to media law.

The professional media enjoys greater protection than private individuals when preparing or publishing speech. The best-known example is the right of journalists to keep their sources confidential. Jan Oster explores whether these privileges are still justified, and how 'journalists' are actually to be defined in the internet age.