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Book Synopsis Media in Europe Today provides a comprehensive overview of European media in its current state of transformation. Through a focus on specific European media sectors, it assesses the impact of new technologies across industries and addresses a wide range of practices, strategies, and challenges facing European media today. The Euromedia Research Group has more than twenty years of experience in the observation of trends affecting media today, and this book marks the strong continuation of that long tradition.
Table of ContentsIntroduction, Denis McQuail Comparing Media Systems: The European Dimension – Barbara Thomass and Hans J. Kleinsteuber Newspapers: Adapting and Experimenting – Anker Brink Lund, Karin Raeymaeckers and Josef Trappel Radio: A Resilient Medium – Hans J. Kleinsteuber Commercial Television: Business in Transition – Laura Bergés Saura and Gunn Sara Enli Online Media: Changing Provision of News – Josef Trappel and Gunn Sara Enli Deficits and Potentials of the Public Spheres – Barbara Thomass Media Serving Democracy – Hannu Nieminen and Josef Trappel From Media Regulation to Democratic Media Governance – Werner A. Meier Media Industries: Ownership, Copyright and Regulation – Elena Vartanova, Laura Bergés Saura, Jeanette Steemers and Stylianos Papathanassopoulos From Public Service Broadcasting to Public Service Media – Leen d’Haenens, Helena Sousa and Olof Hultén Changing Practices of Journalism – Aukse Balcytiene, Karin Raeymaeckers and Elena Vartanova Media and Ethnic Minorities – Leen d’Haenens and Tristan Mattelart Europe as World News Leader – Jeremy Tunstall
