Synopses & Reviews
In the face of declining newspaper sales, challenges from online competitors, and flagging ratings for broadcast news programs, media companies have struggled to maintain their relevance. Media between Culture and Commerce brings together a group of European media experts to address the consequences of a system that is increasingly powered by global media conglomerates that set the pace of news and information. As national borders blur and the corporations behind journalism and broadcasting continue to merge, this timely volume will prove a necessary resource to those interested in European media studies and globalization.
About the Author
Els de Bens is chair of the Department of Mass Communication Research at Ghent University and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
Foward Els De Bens
Chapter 1: Media Between Culture and Commerce:An Introduction Jan van Cuilenburg
Chapter 2: Media diversity, competition and concentration:Concepts and Theories Minna Aslama, Els De Bens, Jan van Cuilenburg, Kaarle Nordenstreng,Winfried Schulz & Richard van der Wurff with contributions from Ildiko Kovats,Gianpietro Mazzoleni and Ralph Negrine. Edited by Jan van Cuilenburg & Richard van der Wurff
Chapter 3: Measuring and Assessing Empirical MediaDiversity: Some European Cases Jan van Cuilenburg and Richard van der Wurff
Chapter 4: Toward Easy-to-Measure Media Diversity Indicators Karol Jakubowicz
Chapter 5: Public Service Broadcasting: A Pawn on an Ideological Chessboard Stylianos Papathanassopoulos
Chapter 6: Financing Public Service Broadcasters in the New Era Minna Aslama and Trine Syvertsen
Chapter 7: Public Service Broadcasting and New Technologies:Marginalisation or Re-Monopolisation Karol Jakubowitcz
Chapter 8: Looking to the Future Karol Jakubowicz
Chapter 9: Media Governance Structure in Europe Cees J. Hamelink and Kaarle Nordenstreng
Chapter 10: Towards Democratic Media Governance ReferencesBiographiesIndex