Media policies revisited the challenge for media freedom and independence /

Evangelia Psychogiopoulou brings together distinguished scholars across a range of academic disciplines to investigate the media's freedom and independence, and the media policy processes, institutional spaces, regulatory practices and instruments that can support the development of free and in...

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Group Author: Psychogiopoulou, Evangelia
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137337849
Summary: Evangelia Psychogiopoulou brings together distinguished scholars across a range of academic disciplines to investigate the media's freedom and independence, and the media policy processes, institutional spaces, regulatory practices and instruments that can support the development of free and independent media in Europe.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137337832, 2014.
Carrier Form: 304 p. : 4 figures.
Audience: Undergraduate.
ISBN: 9781137337849 :
1137337842 :
CLC: G206.3
Contents: Introduction-- Evangelia Psychogiopoulou 1. The Emerging Governance Pattern in Media and Communications-- Petros Iosifidis 2. Media Freedom and Independence in Contemporary Democratic Societies-- Evangelia Psychogiopoulou PART I: MEDIA POLICY PROCESSES AND REGULATORY PATTERNS 3. Media Policy and New Regulatory Systems in Denmark-- Henrik Sondergaard and Rasmus Helles 4. Multi-Level and Interrelated Media Policy Processes in Germany: An Enabling or Constraining Factor for Free and Independent Media?-- Sebastian Muller and Christoph Gusy 5. The 'Piranha' Model: Power Plays and Dynamics of Policy-Making Addressing Free and Independent Media in Romania-- Ioana Avadani and Cristian Ghinea 6. The National versus the European: The Croatian Roadmap to Media Freedom and Independence-- Nada Svob-Dokic and Pasko Bilic PART II: COURTS 7. The Role of Courts in Protecting the Freedom of Expression in Italy-- Federica Casarosa and Elda Brogi 8. The Freedom of Expression in the Media and the Slovak Judiciary-- Andrej Skolkay 9. Protecting the Public Interest in a Free Press: The Role of Courts and Regulators in the United Kingdom-- Yolande Stolte and Rachael Craufurd Smith PART III: MEDIA FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODELS 10. Changing Conditions of Competition for Public Service and Commercial Media in Belgium: Implications for Media Independence-- Pierre-Francois Docquir and Bart Van Besien 11. New Business Models for the Media: The Spanish Case-- Juan Luis Manfredi and Juan Pablo Artero 12. The Media in Bulgaria: Business Enterprises or PR Divisions of Business Groups?-- Ruzha Smilova PART IV: THE JOURNALISTIC PROFESSION 13. The State of the Journalistic Profession in Turkey-- Ceren Sozeri and Dilek Kurban 14. The Role of Professional Journalism in the 'Small' Estonian Democracy-- Halliki Harro-Loit and Urmas Loit 15. Journalists' Self-Regulation in Greece-- Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, Anna Kandyla and Dia Anagnostou 16. Ethical Demands and Responsibilities in Online Publishing: The Finnish Experience-- Epp Lauk and Heikki Kuutti Conclusion: Towards Media Freedom and Independence-- Evangelia Psychogiopoulou.