Dynamics of Media Politics - Broadcast and Electronic Media in Western Europe

Informationen zum Autor Denis McQuail is Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton and Professor Emeritus of the University of Amsterdam. Karen Siune is Director of the Danish Institute for Studies in Research and Research Policy Klappentext The broadcasting and other electronic media are in the throes of a prolonged and vigorous restructuring. In this wide-ranging and illuminating text, members of the Euromedia Research Group analyze the nature, dynamics and directions of the changes currently affecting the Western European media. Outstanding trends explored include the increasing importance of transnational multimedia corporations and the various challenges from commercialization and privatization to traditions of public service broadcasting. The authors also examine the widespread development of local radio and television stations and discuss their regulatory framework. Zusammenfassung Intended for professionals! academics! students and researchers in communication and media! this book analyzes the nature and directions of the changes to broadcast and electronic media in Western Europe which are taking place. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE From Structure to Dynamics A Framework for the Analysis of Media Change in Europe in the 1990s PART TWO: CROSSING BORDERS The Building of Media Empires Regulation of Media at the European Level The Technology Factor Television Content Dallasification of Culture? PART THREE: PRESSURES ON NATIONAL SYSTEMS Public Broadcasting in a State of Flux Public Service Broadcasting Reactions to Competition Small States in the Shadow of Giants PART FOUR: MEDIA LOCALISM The Global Village Stays Local Models of Local Media Development Regulation of Media at the Local Level PART FIVE: CONCLUSION Wake Up, Europe!

Product details

• Authors: Euromedia Research Group, Karen Treutzschler Euromedia Research Group Siune, Euromedia Siune Research Group, Wolfgang Truetzschler
• Assisted by: Euromedia Research Group (Editor), Euromedia Research Group (Editor), Karen Siune (Editor), Siune Karen (Editor), Wolfgang Treutzschler (Editor), Treutzschler Wolfgang (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.1991
• EAN: 9780803985742
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-8574-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: SAGE Communications in Society series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Media, Information & Communication Industries, European Studies;Mass Communication