Media in Europe Today (Book)

Media in Europe Today provides a comprehensive overview of European media in its current state of transformation. Through a focus on specific European media sectors, it assesses the impact of new technologies across industries and addresses a wide range of practices, strategies, and challenges facing European media today. The Euromedia Research Group has more than twenty years of experience in the observation of trends affecting media today, and this book marks the strong continuation of that long tradition.

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Media in Europe Today provides a comprehensive overview of European media in its current state of transformation. Through a focus on specific European media sectors, it assesses the impact of new technologies across industries and addresses a wide range of practices, strategies, and challenges facing European media today. The Euromedia Research Group has more than twenty years of experience in the observation of trends affecting media today, and this book marks the strong continuation of that long tradition.

Josef Trappel is professor of media policy and media economics at the University of Salzburg.

Werner A. Meier is a senior researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich.

Leen d'Haenens is associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Jeanette Steemers is professor in the School of Media, Arts, and Design at the University of Westminster, Harrow.

Barbara Thomass is professor in the Institute for Media Studies at Ruhr University.

Introduction, Denis McQuail
 
Comparing Media Systems: The European Dimension – Barbara Thomass and Hans J. Kleinsteuber
 
Newspapers: Adapting and Experimenting –  Anker Brink Lund, Karin Raeymaeckers and Josef Trappel
 
Radio: A Resilient Medium – Hans J. Kleinsteuber
 
Commercial Television: Business in Transition – Laura Bergés Saura and Gunn Sara Enli
 
Online Media: Changing Provision of News – Josef Trappel and Gunn Sara Enli
 
Deficits and Potentials of the Public Spheres – Barbara Thomass
 
Media Serving Democracy – Hannu Nieminen and Josef Trappel
 
From Media Regulation to Democratic Media Governance – Werner A. Meier
 
Media Industries: Ownership, Copyright and Regulation – Elena Vartanova, Laura Bergés Saura, Jeanette Steemers and Stylianos Papathanassopoulos
 
From Public Service Broadcasting to Public Service Media – Leen d’Haenens, Helena Sousa and Olof Hultén
 
Changing Practices of Journalism – Aukse Balcytiene, Karin Raeymaeckers and Elena Vartanova
 
Media and Ethnic Minorities – Leen d’Haenens and Tristan Mattelart
 
Europe as World News Leader – Jeremy Tunstall
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