Media, Markets & Public Spheres: European Media at the Crossroads

by Gripsrud, Jostein

• ISBN13: 9781841503059
• ISBN10: 1841503053
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Using a sample of so-called popular and 'quality' European newspapers and their TV listings as a stepping stone, Media, Markets and Public Spheres presents an overview of changes in the European public spheres over the last fifty years as well as in-depth analyses of structural changes in press and broadcasting, changing relations between media, changes in media policies and media history as record of cultural change. With a rare comparative perspective, both across nation states and across decades of European history, this book explores how and why the media decisively influence most social areas, from the socialisation of children to the workings of the economy.

Author Biography

Jostein Gripsrud is professor at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. He is an expert on the relations between media, culture and society and has published extensively on the history and social significance of literature, theatre, film, television, journalism-and related theoretical and political issues. Lennart Weibull is professor of Mass Media Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and co-director of the SOM-institute for survey research. He is the author of numerous books, articles and research reports. His research interests include media structure, audience development, the newspaper industry, journalism history and media ethics.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
A Theoretical Perspective	p. 15
Public Spheres, Societal Shifts and Media Modulations	p. 17
Structures	p. 37
Four Decades of European Newspapers: Structure and Content	p. 39
50 Years of European Television: An Essay	p. 71
Intermedia	p. 95
The Public Reception of Early Television: When Television was New in the Nordic Countries	p. 97
Televisualization of the Popular Press: An Eye-catching Trend of the Late Twentieth Century's Media	p. 115
Policies	p. 135
British Media and Regulatory Change: The Antinomies of Policy	p. 137
French Media: Policy Regulation and the Public Sphere	p. 155
Changing Media and Public Sphere in Turkey: The Role of the State, Market and the EU Candidacy	p. 171
Records of Cultural Change	p. 193
Reconsidering the Paradox of Parochialism and the Shrinking News Agenda	p. 195
Fakty vs. Wiadomośch On Competition and Confusion in Polish TV News	p. 219
when the Elite Press Meets the Rise of Commercial Culture	p. 235
The Sounds of Change: Representations of Music in European Newspapers 1960-2000	p. 249
Celebrity Culture and the Public Sphere: The Tabloidization of Power	p. 267
Appendices	p. 287
Four Decades of European Newspapers: Background and Method	p. 297
Rhacna: Code Form	p. 297
Index	p. 305
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