Democracy and Media in Central and Eastern Europe 25 Years On (Studies in Communication and Politics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631654081 ISBN 13: 9783631654088

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2015

Synopsis

This book is a collective effort of scholars who elaborate on democracy, civil society and media-political relations in Central and Eastern Europe. The authors look at both theories and practices of media systems and democracy. They indicate problems, risks, challenges related to political transformations, the public sphere, journalism culture and media freedom. All of this while bearing in mind the growing role of new media, civic engagement in the online space as well as societal changes that Central and Eastern European democracies are going through in the second decade of the 21st Century. This book is a helpful companion to media and communication scholars as well as students of journalism and political science, media practitioners and policy makers in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

«A well-documented book on the mass media in a little explored area: Central Eastern Europe. Four models of media and politics are presented opening the floor for a wider scholarly debate.» (Paolo Mancini, Università di Perugia, Italy)
«This volume meets the continuing need to make sense of the changing worlds of journalism, journalists, and media. Each of the ten contributions is a well conceptualized, researched and thought out assessment of the pertinent issues and a springboard for further evaluations and model building. A great addition to the classroom and scholarship.» (Peter Gross, The University of Tennessee, USA)

About this title

About the Author:

Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Full Professor at the University of Wrocław (Poland). She is founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication, and was president of the Polish Communication Association.
Michał Głowacki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw (Poland). He is the associate editor of Central European Journal of Communication.

Review:

«[...] Dobek-Ostrowska and Głowacki’s new edited volume is rich in theoretically and methodologically sound research, empirical data and fresh insights into media and political systems in the former communist countries. Students of Central and Eastern Europe should not miss it.»
(Peter Bajomi-Lazar, European Journal of Communication 32(2) 2017)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3631654081
• ISBN 13: 9783631654088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 291
• Editor: Dobek-Ostrowska Boguslawa, Glowacki Michal