Media in Europe Today

Edited by Josef Trappel, Werner A. Meier, Leen dHaenens, Jeanette Steemers, Barbara Thomass

Publication date:

15 February 2011

Publisher

Intellect Books

Dimensions:

229x178mm
7x9"

ISBN-13: 9781841504032

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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.

Introduction, 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