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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz Klappentext Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe's Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, is a collection of analyses of Eastern European media by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. This in-depth exploration shows how despite positive changes after the fall of Communism, the transformations of societal institutions, including the mass media, have turned out to be slow, uncertain, and unsatisfying to many when measured against the admittedly ambiguous and overly Panglossian expectations.This collection offers readers a different view of post-Communist media by examining the mass media's evolution in the region from a more holistic perspective. The contributors to this volume respond to essential questions, including: Is the post-Communist transition and transformation over? When can it be considered over? Each chapter contributes to our understanding of these questions by offering theoretical overviews and country-specific studies.This collection serves as an affirmation that the study of mass media is essential to understanding the nature and workings of democracy in the long-suffering nations of Central and Eastern Europe, with international applications. Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World is an indispensable contribution to the study of Eastern Europe after Communism, and the transformations of mass media in the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One. When Will the Transformation be Over? by Peter Gross and Karol JakubowiczChapter Two. Comparing Media Systems between Eastern and Western Europe by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo ManciniChapter Three. Freedom without Impartiality: The Vicious Circle of Media Captivityby Alina Mungiu-PippidiChapter Four. From Political Propaganda to Political Marketing: Changing Media Politics in Post-Communist Democraciesby Peter Bajomi-LazarChapter Five. Media and the Birth of the Post-Communist Consumerby Nadia Kaneva and Elza IbroschevaChapter Six. The Intersection of Two Revolutions: The Role of New Media in the Development of Post-Socialist Europe in the First Twenty Yearsby John Parrish-SprowlChapter Seven. Digital R(e)volutions? Internet, New Media, and Informed Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europeby Inka Salovaara-MoringChapter Eight. Freedom of Mass Information in the Post-Soviet Countries: Two Models of Regulationby Andrei RichterChapter Nine. Russian Media and Democracyby Hedwig de SmaeleChapter Ten. Entertaining the People, Serving the Elites: Slovak Mass Media Since 1989by Owen JohnsonChapter Eleven. The Paradox of Journalistic Elites in Post-Communist Romania: From Defenders of Freedom of Expression to Corrupt Mogulsby Mihai ComanChapter Twelve. Two Decades of Free Media in the Czech Republic: So What? Remarks on the Discourse of Post-1989 Media Transformationby Jan Jirák and Barbara KöpplováChapter Thirteen. "Islands in the Stream": Reflections on Media Development in Belarusby Oleg Manaev, Natalie Manayeva, and Dmitry Yuran...
