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

by Karol Jakubowicz (Editor), Miklós Sükösd (Editor)

Overview

Finding the Right Place on the Map is 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. 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841501932
Publisher:	Intellect, Limited
Publication date:	11/15/2008
Series:	Intellect Books - Play Text Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.
 
 
 
 
 
 



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 — Karol Jakubowicz and Miklós Sükösd
 
Part One: Dimensions of Change
After Transition: The Media in Poland, Russia and China — Colin Sparks
 
The Consolidation of Media Freedom in Post-Communist Countries — Péter Bajomi-Lázár
 
Part Two: Normative and Policy Approaches to Media and Democracy
How Media and Politics Shape Each Other in the New Europe — Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
 
Finding the Right Place on the Map: Prospects for Public Service Broadcasting in Post-Communist Countries — Karol Jakubowicz
 
Dances with Wolves: A Meditation on the Media and Political System in the European Union's Romania — Peter Gross
 
Democratizing Media, Welcoming Big Brother: Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina — Aida A. Hozic
 
Media Concentration Trends in Central and Eastern Europe — Zrinjka Peruško and Helena Popoviç
 
Part Three: Objectivity vs Partisanship and Fandom
How Will It All Unfold? Media Systems and Journalism Cultures in Post-Communist Countries — Epp Lauk
 
Changing Journalistic Discourses in the Baltic States - How to Deal with Cheap Journalism — Auksè Balcytienè
 
Effect Seekers and Media Spectacle: Hungarian Audience Responses to Partisan Media — Péter Csigó
 
Part Four: Media, Exclusion, and Conflict
The Disadvantaged in Infotainment Television: From Representation to Policy — Ferenc Hammer
 
Radicals Online: The Hungarian Street Protests of 2006 and the Internet — Mónika Mátay and Ildikó Kaposi
 
Authors Biographies

Editorial Reviews

"Written by practitioners and academics in an easily accessible manner, this volume bridges theoretical and practical perspectives and provides a good overview of the subject."

Choice

"This is a remarkably informative collection of essays reviewing the changes since 1989 in media performance, ownership, and relation to the state. The editors are two of the most seasoned and judicious researchers on the region’s media, and they have brought together a very impressive team of their peers in the field."

Slavic Review - John Downing

"This is a remarkably informative collection of essays reviewing the changes since 1989 in media performance, ownership, and relation to the state. The editors are two of the most seasoned and judicious researchers on the region’s media, and they have brought together a very impressive team of their peers in the field."—Slavic Review

— John Downing

Slavic Review