Understanding media policies
Subtitle: a European perspective
By: edited by Evangelia Psychogiopoulou
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230348127
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Mass media policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Mass media; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; Law and legislation
Description: "Leading scholars investigate media policies in Europe, inquiring into the regulatory practices, policy tools and institutional features of media policy-making in 14 countries. The book offers a fresh assessment of the ways European media policies are formulated and identifies the factors that exert an influence throughout the process"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Recasting the Contours of Media Policy in a Political Context: An Introduction; E.Psychogiopoulou & D.AnagnostouMedia Policy in Belgium: How a Complex Institutional System Deals with Technological Developments; B.Van Besien & P-F.DocquirDemocracy and the Media in Bulgaria: Who Represents the People?; R.Smilova, D.Smilov & G.GanevCroatia: A Dynamic Evolvement of Media Policy; P.Bilic & N. Švob-Dokić Danish Media Policy; H.Söndergaard & R.HellesMedia Policy in Estonia: Small Market Paradoxes; U.Loit & H.Harro-LoitFinnish Media Policy: Less Restrictive, More Directive; H.Kuutti, E.Lauk, P.Nevalainen & R.SokkaMedia Policy in Germany: Main Features and Current Issues; S.Müller & C.GusyThe Greek Media Policy Revisited; E.Psychogiopoulou, A.Kandyla & D.AnagnostouItalian Media Policy Under On-going Transition to Meet the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century; F.CasarosaStruggling with Media Capture: Romania; A.Mungiu-Pippidi & C.GhineaSlovakia: Reinventing Media Policy without a Practical Perspective; A. Školkay & M.HongMedia Policy in Spain: Public Service, Free Competition and some Internal Diversity; S.de la Sierra, E.Guichot, M.Mantini & I.SobrinoTurkish Media Policy in National Context; D.Kurban & E.ElmasMedia Policy in the United Kingdom: Trust and Distrust in a Converging Media Environment; R.Craufurd Smith & Y.StolteServing Two Masters: The Roles of the Market and European Politics in the Governance of Media Transformations; K.SarikakisReferencesIndex.