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Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World
Eastern Europe's Tortured Path to Change
Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World
Eastern Europe's Tortured Path to Change
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Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe’s Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, is a collection of analyses of Eastern European media by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. This in-depth exploration shows how despite positive changes after the fall of Communism, the transformations of societal institutions, including the mass media, have turned out to be slow, uncertain, and unsatisfying to many when measured against the admittedly ambiguous and overly Panglossian expectations.
This collection offers readers a different view of post-Communist media by examining the mass media’s evolution in the region from a more holistic perspective. The contributors to this volume respond to essential questions, including: Is the post-Communist transition and transformation over? When can it be considered over? Each chapter contributes to our understanding of these questions by offering theoretical overviews and country-specific studies.
This collection serves as an affirmation that the study of mass media is essential to understanding the nature and workings of democracy in the long-suffering nations of Central and Eastern Europe, with international applications. Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World is an indispensable contribution to the study of Eastern Europe after Communism, and the transformations of mass media in the region.
Table of Contents
by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz
Chapter Two. Comparing Media Systems between Eastern and Western Europe
by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini
Chapter Three. Freedom without Impartiality: The Vicious Circle of Media Captivity
by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Chapter Four. From Political Propaganda to Political Marketing: Changing Media Politics in Post-Communist Democracies
by Peter Bajomi-Lazar
Chapter Five. Media and the Birth of the Post-Communist Consumer
by Nadia Kaneva and Elza Ibroscheva
Chapter Six. The Intersection of Two Revolutions: The Role of New Media in the Development of Post-Socialist Europe in the First Twenty Years
by John Parrish-Sprowl
Chapter Seven. Digital R(e)volutions? Internet, New Media, and Informed Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe
by Inka Salovaara-Moring
Chapter Eight. Freedom of Mass Information in the Post-Soviet Countries: Two Models of Regulation
by Andrei Richter
Chapter Nine. Russian Media and Democracy
by Hedwig de Smaele
Chapter Ten. Entertaining the People, Serving the Elites: Slovak Mass Media Since 1989
by Owen Johnson
Chapter Eleven. The Paradox of Journalistic Elites in Post-Communist Romania: From Defenders of Freedom of Expression to Corrupt Moguls
by Mihai Coman
Chapter Twelve. Two Decades of Free Media in the Czech Republic: So What? Remarks on the Discourse of Post-1989 Media Transformation
by Jan Jirák and Barbara Köpplová
Chapter Thirteen. "Islands in the Stream": Reflections on Media Development in Belarus
by Oleg Manaev, Natalie Manayeva, and Dmitry Yuran
Product details
| Published | Oct 18 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 236 |
| ISBN | 9780739174944 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 6 Graphs, 14 Tables |
| Dimensions | 236 x 159 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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