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Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative Perspective: Politics, Economy and Culture

Surrey; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate (2012), xii, 199 pp.

Contains illustrations, index

ISBN 9781409435426 (hbk)

Signature commbox: 400:10-General 2012

Introduction: comparing media systems in Central and Eastern Europe: politics, economy, culture / Sabina Mihelj and John Downey, 1
Post-Communist political systems and media freedom and independence / Karol Jakubowicz, 15
The interplay of politics and economics in transitional societies / Colin Sparks, 41
Between segmentation and integration: media systems and ethno-cultural diversity in Central and Eastern Europe / Sabina Mihelj, 63
Gender (in) equality in in post-socialist media / Mojca Pajnik, 89
Transnational capital, media differentiation, and institutional isomorphism in Central and Eastern European media systems / John Downey, 113
Transnational media regulation in Central and Eastern Europe / Alison Harcourt, 137
Back to the local? Transnational media flows and audience consumption patterns in Central and Eastern Europe / Vaclav Stetka, 157
Conclusion / John Downey and Sabina Mihelj, 189