Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World
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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

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780739174951
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Communication Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune. When, How, and for What Purpose Is Media Transition and Transformation Undertaken (and Completed) in Central and Eastern Europe?
  3. Chapter 2 “Comparing Media Systems” between Eastern and Western Europe
  4. Chapter 3 Freedom without Impartiality. The Vicious Circle of Media Capture
  5. Chapter 4 From Political Propaganda To Political Marketing. Changing Patterns of Political Communication in Central and Eastern Europe
  6. Chapter 5 Media and the Birth of the Post–communist Consumer
  7. Chapter 6 The Intersection of Two Revolutions: The Role of New Media in the Development of Post–Socialist Europe in the First Twenty Years
  8. Chapter 7 Digital (R)evolutions? Internet, New Media and Informed Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe
  9. Chapter 8 Freedom of Mass Information in the Post–Soviet Countries: Two Models of Regulation
  10. Chapter 9 Russian Media and Democracy
  11. Chapter 10 Entertaining the People, Serving the Elites: Slovak Mass Media since 1989
  12. Chapter 11 The Paradox of Journalistic Elites in Post–Communist Romania: From Defenders of Freedom of Expression to the Corrupted Moguls
  13. Chapter 12 Two Decades of Free Media in the Czech Republic: So What? Remarks on the Discourse of Post–1989 Media Transformation
  14. Chapter 13 “Islands in the Stream” Reflections on Media Development in Belarus
  15. List of Contributors