The Media in Europe's Small Nations - Hardcover

Huw David Jones

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443854174 ISBN 13: 9781443854177

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Small nations are growing in prominence. In 1950, there were 22 sovereign European states with a population below 18 million. Today there are 36 - not to mention many more stateless nations. What are the particular characteristics of the media in small nations? What challenges do broadcasters and other media institutions in these countries face, how can these be overcome, and are there advantages to operating in a small national context? How are small nations represented on screen, and how do audiences in small nations engage with the media? Bringing together perspectives from across Europe, including case-studies on Catalonia, the Basque Country, Wales, Scotland, Iceland, Portugal, Slovenia and Macedonia, this collection answers these questions. At the same time, it provides readers with insights into broader issues of media policy, representation, national identity, transnationalism, audience reception and media research methods. With European media institutions and practitioners coming to terms with the changes brought about by digitisation and globalisation against a backdrop of financial uncertainty, this collection offers a timely contribution to debates about the media in Europe. Contributors include: Steve Blandford, John Newbigin, Sally Broughton Micova, Josep Angel Guimera, Ana Fernandez Viso, Agnes Schindler, Dilys Jones, Trish Reid, Jacqui Cochrane, Anabela de Sousa Lopes and Merris Griffiths.

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About the Author:

Huw David Jones is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of York, and is currently working on the HERA-funded project 'Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens' (MeCETES). He has previously worked at the Centre for the Study of Media and Culture in Small Nations (University of South Wales) and the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (University of Glasgow), and has published in Cultural Trends, Contemporary British History, Visual Culture in Britain, Scottish Historical Studies, and Planet: The Welsh Internationalist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1443854174
• ISBN 13: 9781443854177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 195
• Editor: Huw David Jones