Communism, Capitalism and the Mass Media

Sparks provides a challenging reassessment of the impact of the collapse of communism on the media systems of Eastern Europe. He analyzes both the changes themselves and their implications for the ways in which we think about the mass media.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
A Crisis of the Critical Project
Totalitarianism and the Media
Media Theory and the Decline of the Communist System
Negotiated Revolutions
The Fate of Civil Society
The Struggle over Broadcasting Law
The Emerging Media Systems
Conclusions
Understanding the Transition

About the author

Colin Sparks is a professor at the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the Univeristy of Westminster and Co-Editor of Media, Culture and Society.

Anna Reading is a lecturer at Southbank University and Assistant Editor of Media, Culture and Society.

Summary

Sparks provides a challenging reassessment of the impact of the collapse of communism on the media systems of Eastern Europe. He analyzes both the changes themselves and their implications for the ways in which we think about the mass media.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Reading, Colin Sparks, Colin Reading Sparks, Sparks Colin
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.1997
• EAN: 9780761950752
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5075-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Media Culture & Society Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Mass Communication;Communism