Broadcasters and citizens in Europe : trends in media accountability and viewer participation / edited by Paolo Baldi and Uwe Hasebrink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baldi, Paolo.

Hasebrink, Uwe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting policy--Europe.

Television broadcasting policy.

Television broadcasting--Influence.

Television broadcasting.

Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Europe.

Television--Law and legislation--Europe.

Television.

Television viewers--Europe.

Television viewers.

Citizenship--Europe.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Broadcasting is arguably the most influential and powerful industry operating today. The media impose an inescapable presence in contemporary life and infuse all areas of public communication. But what is the quality of the relationship between 'broadcaster' and 'citizen'? Do the media and media authorities take the audience's interests seriously into account? Do audiences have real opportunities to express themselves? Are citizens well informed and educated about the social, the cultural and the civic role that media can play? In this book, five authors present the main results of an extensiv

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction: overview of a European study; Media accountability in Europe: a fragmented picture; UK broadcasting policy; The protection of viewer rights in Europe; Media users' participation in Europe from a civil society perspective; Viewers' rights in the European Union: policies and instruments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; References; About the authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-113).

ISBN:

1-280-74770-6

9786610747702

1-84150-963-9

OCLC:

476029346

Publisher Number:

9781841501604