Description
Book SynopsisElectronic Media and Industrialized Nations considers the approaches that industrialized nations have taken to introduce, develop, control, and use electronic media. Browne compares and contrasts through detailed case studies, the experiences of several nations--France, Germany (both East and West), the Soviet Union and Russia, and the Netherlands--by presenting them in light of the political, economic, cultural, geographical, and demographic factors that both shape and reflect society. He then compares the pros and cons of those experiences, adds specific examples from still other industrialized nations, and proposes an ideal system as a way of focusing attention on what the media could and should do to play supportive roles in society.
Browne readily acknowledges his own biases. He makes it abundantly clear that he believes those who regulate, administer, produce, and receive have an obligation to understand how the electronic media function and how the media should
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Comparing Electronic Media Systems.
2. France: From Competition to Monopoly and Back Again.
3. The Netherlands: Plurality in an Era of Competition.
4. Germany: States’ Rights, National Goals and Unification.
5. The Soviet Union and Russia: From Communism to Capitalism?.
6. What’s Comparable, What Isn’t and What It May Mean.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
