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Title Press freedom and pluralism in Europe : concepts and conditions / edited by Andrea Czepek, Melanie Hellwig and Eva Nowak
Published Bristol : Intellect, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations
Series European Communication Research and Education Association series
European Communication Research and Education Association series.
Contents Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction: Structural Inhibition of Media Freedom and Plurality across Europe; Part One: Concepts; Measuring Media Freedom: Approaches of International Comparison; Pluralism and Participation as Desired Results of Press Freedom: Measuring Media System Performance; Is the Clash of Rationalities Leading Nowhere? Media Pluralism in European Regulatory Policies; The Challenges of ICT to Media Pluralism; Press Freedom and Pluralism on the Micro Level: Journalistic Qualifications and Professionalization
Summary How free are the media in Europe? Freedom of the press and an independent media system are often taken for granted and all of the EU-member states today have implemented guarantees of press freedom in their constitutions and judicial systems. In Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe, researchers from twelve countries examine media systems regarding conditions for independence and pluralism. They discuss a European approach to press freedom and diversity and include case studies of a broad spectrum of media systems including Bulgaria, the Baltics, Poland, Romania, Finland, France, Germany, Aust
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Freedom of the press -- Europe
Pluralism.
pluralism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Freedom of the press
Pluralism
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Czepek, Andrea
Hellwig, Melanie
Nowak, Eva
ISBN 9781841502977
1841502979
184150243X
9781841502434