Description
Book SynopsisFinding the Right Place on the Map is a crosscutting, international comparison of the media systems and the democratic performance of the media in post-Communist countries. It explores issues of commercial media, social exclusion, and consumer capitalism in a comparative East-West perspective. Each chapter considers a different aspect of the trends and problems surrounding the media in comparative European and global perspectives. The result is a creative collaboration of leading authors from East and West that covers a rich array of controversial subjects in a comprehensive manner. Topics range from the civil society approach to media and public service broadcasting to journalism cultures, fandom, representation of poverty and gender that reinforces social exclusion and legitimizes consumer capitalism. Finding the Right Place on the Map is a unique, up-to-date overview of what media transformation has meant for post-communist countries in nearly two decades.
Table of Contents'Twelve Concepts Regarding Media System Evolution and Democratization in Post-Communist Societies' - Page 9 - Karol Jakubowicz and Miklos Sükosd 'After Transition: The Media in Poland, Russia and China' - Page 43 - Colin Sparks 'The Consolidation of Media Freedom in Post-Communist Countries' - Page 73 - Peter Bajomi-Lazar 'How Media and Politics Shape Each Other in the New Europe' - Page 87 - Alina Mungiu-Pippidi 'Finding the Right Place on the Map: Prospects for Public Service Broadcasting in Post-Communist Countries' - Page 101 - Karol Jakubowicz 'Dances with Wolves: A Meditation on the Media and Political System in the European Union's Romania' - Page 125 - Peter Gross 'Democratizing Media, Welcoming Big Brother: Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina' - Page 145 - Aida A. Hozic 'Media Concentration Trends in Central and Eastern Europe' - Page 165 - Zrinjka PeruA' ko and Helena Popovic 'How Will It All Unfold? Media Systems and Journalism Cultures in Post-Communist Countries' - Page 193 - Epp Lauk 'Changing Journalistic Discourses in the Baltic States - How to Deal with Cheap Journalism' - Page 213 - Aukse Balcvytiene 'Effect Seekers and Media Spectacle: Hungarian Audience Responses to Partisan Media' - Page 227 - Peter Csigo 'The Disadvantaged in Infotainment Television: From Representation to Policy' - Page 259 - Ferenc Hammer 'Radicals Online: The Hungarian Street Protests of 2006 and the Internet' - Page 277 - Monika Matay and Ildiko Kaposi
