Full Description
Leading researchers from different regions of Europe and the United States address five major interrelated themes: 1) how ideological and normative constructs gave way to empirical systematic comparative work in media research; 2) the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions and the effects of ownership in terms of impacts on media freedom; 3) the various dimensions of the relationship between mass media and political systems in a comparative perspective; 4) professionalization of journalism in different political cultures—autonomy of journalists, professional norms and practices, political instrumentalization and the commercialization of the media; 5) the role of state intervention in media systems
Contents
Foreword 1. Introduction Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini 2. Comparing between West and East - a comparative approach of transformation Hans J. Kleinsteuber 3. In search for a label for the Russian media system Hedwig de Smaele 4. Introducing Turkey to the three media system models. The content of TV news in eleven countries Volkan Uce and Knut De Swert 5. A Perspective from the South: Triggers and signs of change" Adrian Hadland 6. The reform of the public radio and television system in the United Kingdom and in Spain (2004-2006): a comparative analysis Carles Llorens and Isabel Fernández Alonso 7. Public Service Broadcasting in Ukraine: To be or not to be? Olexiy Khabyuk 8. Actors, Evolution and production models in commodification of the Spanish television Laura Berges Saura 9. The Global Journalist - Are professional structures being leveled? Wolfgang Donsbach 10. Czech journalists after collapse of old media system: Looking for new professional self-image Jaromir Volek 11. How to preserve journalism? Aukse Balcytiene and Halliki Harro-Loit 12. Main professional dilemma of journalists in Poland Lucyna Szot 13. Comparing Media Systems and Media Content. Online newspapers in ten Eastern and Western European countries Hartmut Wessler, Malgorzata Skorek, Katharina Kleinen-von Konigslow, Maximilian Held, Mihaela Dobreva, and Manuel Adolphsen 14. Fakts about Germany? The Polish tabloid Fakt, its news coverage of Germany and the influence of ‚German¿ ownership Maren Röger ABOUT CONTRIBUTORS
