Central and Eastern European media in comparative perspective
Subtitle: politics, economy and culture
By: edited by John Downey and Sabina Mihelj
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781409435426; 9781409435433
Subjects: Mass media and culture; Mass media
Description: Discusses what extent media institutions in Central and Eastern Europe are still controlled by political forces and what extent media markes operate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: comparing media systems in Central and Eastern Europe: politics, economy, culture / Sabina Mihelj and John Downey; title: Post-Communist political systems and media freedom and independence / Karol Jakubowicz; title: The interplay of politics and economics in transitional societies / Colin Sparks; title: Between segmentation and integration: media systems and ethno-cultural diversity in Central and Eastern Europe / Sabina Mihelj; title: Gender (in) equality in in post-socialist media / Mojca Pajnik; title: Transnational capital, media differentiation, and institutional isomorphism in Central and Eastern European media systems / John Downey; title: Transnational media regulation in Central and Eastern Europe / Alison Harcourt; title: Back to the local? transnational media flows and audience consumption patterns in Central and Eastern Europe / Václav Stetka; title: Conclusion / John Downey and Sabina Mihelj.