Finding the Right Place on the Map : Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

by Jakubowicz, Karol

• ISBN13: 9781841501932
• ISBN10: 184150193X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Intellect L & D E F A E

Summary

Finding the Right Place on the Mapis an international comparison of the media systems and democratic performance of the media in post-communist countries. From a comparative east-west perspective, this groundbreaking volume analyzes issues of commercial media, social exclusion, and consumer capitalism. With topics ranging from the civil society approach, public service broadcasting, fandom, and the representation of poverty, each chapter considers a different aspect of the trends and problems surrounding the international media. This volume is an up-to-date overview of what media transformation has meant for post-communist countries in the past two decades.

Author Biography

Karol Jakubowicz is a member of the Council of the Independent Media Commission in Kosovo and the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO Information for All Program.

 

Miklós Sükösd is academic director and associate professor of political science at the Centre for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Twelve Concepts Regarding Media System Evolution and Democratization in Post-Communist Societies	p. 9
Dimensions of Change	p. 41
After Transition: The Media in Poland, Russia and China	p. 43
The Consolidation of Media Freedom in Post-Communist Countries	p. 73
Normative and Policy Approaches to Media and Democracy	p. 85
How Media and Politics Shape Each Other in the New Europe	p. 87
Finding the Right Place on the Map: Prospects for Public Service Broadcasting in Post-Communist Countries	p. 101
Dances with Wolves: A Meditation on the Media and Political System in the European Union's Romania	p. 125
Democratizing Media, Welcoming Big Brother: Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina	p. 145
Media Concentration Trends in Central and Eastern Europe	p. 165
Objectivity vs Partisanship and Fandom	p. 191
How Will It All Unfold? Media Systems and Journalism Cultures in Post-Communist Countries	p. 193
Changing Journalistic Discourses in the Baltic States - How to Deal with Cheap Journalism	p. 213
Effect Seekers and Media Spectacle: Hungarian Audience Responses to Partisan Media	p. 227
Media, Exclusion, and Conflict
The Disadvantaged in Infotainment Television: From Representation to Policy	p. 259
Radicals Online: The Hungarian Street Protests of 2006 and the Internet	p. 277
Authors Biographies	p. 297
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