Media Beyond Socialism: Theory and Practice in East-Central Europe

ISBN-13: 9780367157647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 182 str.

Slavko Splichal

Opis

Analyzing the relevance of mass communication the book addresses such issues as the problems of civil society, the principles of power and profit maximization in the communication sphere, the role the media have played in the velvet revolution and concerns surrounding East Europe's new information age.

Spis treści

Preface -- Civil Society, the Information Revolution, and Communication Rights and Freedoms -- Media and Democratization in East-Central Europe -- Economic Restructuring and Democratization: Privatization as the "Magic Key"? -- The Mobilization of the State and the Control of Media Organizations -- Postsocialism and the Media: Between Paternalism and Pluralism

O autorze

Slavko Splichal is professor of communication science and sociology of information processes at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.