The Return of the Cultural Exception and its Impact on International Agreements

Autor/innen

  • Marlen Bartsch Freie Universität Berlin

Schlagworte:

cultural exception, cultural diversity, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP), Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), European Union, USA

Abstract

This essay examines the influence of the French concept of the “cultural exception” on European media policy and international agreements. After briefly reviewing the historical background of the cultural exception in France, the essay describes how demands for the cultural exception and those for diversity affect inter-/transnational agreements within the European Union and around the world. Special focus is placed on the current secret EU/US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) negotiations that nearly failed because of France’s insistence that media and culture be exempted. The author argues that the concept of the “cultural exception” has been revived in recent years. However, due to the dual character of media (which is both a cultural and economic good), and the lack of a global media policy, the culture and trade debate will continue.

Autor/innen-Biografie

Marlen Bartsch, Freie Universität Berlin

Marlen Bartsch is a doctoral student at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2013, she has held a scholarship at the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft). She studied media and communication and French philology at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Université Paul-Valéry in Montpellier, France. Over the course of her studies, she has learned Italian and Chinese. After earning her master’s degree (Magister Artium), she worked at the Institute for Media and Communication Policy in Berlin as a research associate. Her research interests include media policy, media systems, and global players.

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Bartsch, M. (2014). The Return of the Cultural Exception and its Impact on International Agreements. Global Media Journal - German Edition, 4(1). Abgerufen von https://globalmediajournal.de/index.php/gmj/article/view/92