Norwegian Media Legislation And The Preliminary Study On Its Regulatory Characteristics

In this paper, we start from three main research levels:First, we introduce Norwegian media laws and its regulatory agencies; Second, we introduce the main content of three Norwegian media laws (the Media Ownership Act, Broadcasting Act of 4 Dec.1992 no 127 and Regulations No.153 of 28 February 1997 relating to broadcasting); Third, we take a preliminary study on its regulatory characteristics. The study found that Norway is a media society to an extreme degree. Norway's media industry has a very strong sense of social responsibility. They believe that their most important duty is to ensure freedom of expression. The main features of Norwegian media legislation are as follows:1.The institutionalization of the media regulations and regulatory bodies.The Norwegian media legislation guarantees the independence of regulatory authorities.2. Content-targeted regulation. Norwegian media legislation clearly defines the responsibilities of regulatory and supervisory standards, penalties, and related information will be open to the public, has a strong operational.3. Norway's supervision is based on an open field of vision, focusing on protecting the diversity of European culture, and also attached great importance to protection of local culture.