Comparative study of the legal status of public bodies monitoring and oversight of the media in Russia, the USA and Germany

The summary: the article is devoted legal status and powers of media regulatory agencies in Russia, the USA and German. The author sequentially considers regulation of print media, radio and television broadcasting. He compares legal framework regulating media in the countries and analyzes existing mechanism of interaction of a government and mass media.

media regulation in Russia, the USA and Germany, broadcasting regulation, print media regulation, Federal Communication Commission (FCC), foreign experience, licensing of television and radio broadcasting, regulatory agencies, comparative analyze