Media in Europe today / edited for the Euromedia Research Group by Josef Trappel ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Denis McQuail.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trappel, Josef, 1963-

McQuail, Denis.

Euromedia Research Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Europe.

Mass media.

Mass media--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Intellect, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is written by media scholars from all over Europe who are members of the Euromedia Research Group. What unites the group is the joint interest of its members in the analysis of media structures and media policy in Europe against the background of contemporary communication theories and concepts. The book has two parts: First, it looks into structural changes in specific media formats such as newspapers, radio, television and online-media. Second, it analyses specific problems and challenges in a comparative way, such as the creation of public sphere(s), the relation between media and

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface; Part I; Chapter 1: The Media in Europe Today: Introduction; Chapter 2: Comparing Media Systems: The European Dimension; Chapter 3: Newspapers: Adapting and Experimenting; Chapter 4: Radio: A Resilient Medium; Chapter 5: Commercial Television: Business in Transition; Chapter 6: Online Media: Changing Provision of News; Part II; Chapter 7: Deficits and Potentials of the Public Spheres; Chapter 8: Media Serving Democracy; Chapter 9: From Media Regulation to Democratic Media Governance

Chapter 10: Media Industries: Ownership, Copyright and Regulation Chapter 11: From Public Service Broadcasting to Public Service Media; Chapter 12: Changing Practices of Journalism; Chapter 13: Media and Ethnic Minorities; Chapter 14: Europe as World News Leader; Biographical Notes; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612896071

9781282896079

1282896075

9781841504353

1841504351

OCLC:

680767289