Understanding Media Policies

Leading scholars investigate media policies in Europe, inquiring into the regulatory practices, policy tools and institutional features of media policy-making in 14 countries. The book offers a fresh assessment of the ways European media policies are formulated and identifies the factors that exert an influence throughout the process.

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Recasting the Contours of Media Policy in a Political Context: An Introduction; E. Psychogiopoulou & D. Anagnostou Media Policy in Belgium: How a Complex Institutional System Deals with Technological Developments; B. Van Besien & P-F. Docquir Democracy and the Media in Bulgaria: Who Represents the People? ; R. Smilova , D. Smilov & G. Ganev Croatia: A Dynamic Evolvement of Media Policy; P. Bilic & N. Švob-Ðokic Danish Media Policy; H. Søndergaard & R. Helles Media Policy in Estonia: Small Market Paradoxes; U. Loit & H. Harro-Loit Finnish Media Policy: Less Restrictive, More Directive; H. Kuutti , E. Lauk , P. Nevalainen & R. Sokka Media Policy in Germany: Main Features and Current Issues; S. Müller & C. Gusy The Greek Media Policy Revisited; E. Psychogiopoulou, A. Kandyla & D. Anagnostou Italian Media Policy Under On-going Transition to Meet the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century; F. Casarosa Struggling with Media Capture: Romania; A. Mungiu-Pippidi & C. Ghinea Slovakia: Reinventing Media Policy without a Practical Perspective; A. Školkay & M. Hong Media Policy in Spain: Public Service, Free Competition and some Internal Diversity; S. de la Sierra , E. Guichot , M. Mantini & I. Sobrino Turkish Media Policy in National Context; D. Kurban & E. Elmas Media Policy in the United Kingdom: Trust and Distrust in a Converging Media Environment; R. Craufurd Smith & Y. Stolte Serving Two Masters: The Roles of the Market and European Politics in the Governance of Media Transformations; K. Sarikakis References Index