Examining the media under the Communist system and its role in the transition, this book focuses on the analysis of media policy and media systems. It develops a model of change in Central and Eastern Europe, and aims to illustrate the elements and mechani

Compares models of media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe.

Explores patterns of interaction between the mass media and identity formation in the context of Europeanization.

Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe's Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, is a collection of analyses of Eastern European media by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. This in-depth exploration shows how despite positive changes after the fall of Communism, the transformations of societal institutions, including the mass media, have turned out to be slow, uncertain, and unsatisfying to many when measured against the admittedly ambiguous and overly Panglossian expectations. This collection offers readers a...