[ecrea] public service on the Baltic: the role of the state in central and northern European media systems

Vol 3, No 1 (4), Spring 2010

Guest Editor: Lars Nord
(Mid Sweden University, Sweden)



CALL FOR PAPERS:

PUBLIC SERVICE ON THE BALTIC:
THE ROLE OF THE STATE
IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN MEDIA SYSTEMS


Governments have a long tradition of regulating public service media 
in Europe. Policy issues include the ownership, organization, 
financing, and the legal framework. In the beginning of the 1990s 
Kees Brants and Karen Siune proposed four main factors for the state 
interference analysis. Control of finance, programming and access was 
followed by control of media organisation regulated by the national 
media law. A different concept was created by Jay Blumler and Michael 
Gurevitch in 1995. By explaining dimensions of state control, the 
authors highlighted the process of media personnel appointment, 
control of the finance and the control over the media content. All of 
these determinants might be described in many different ways and 
implemented to many different regions in the world.

Taking Blumler and Gurevitch dimensions of the state interference to 
the media systems we will seek to analyze the concept of public 
service media in Central and Northern Europe. Denmark, Estonia, 
Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and 
Sweden are different in a number of ways, but there are also 
important points of similarities between them. State monopoly for 
broadcasting was broken in most cases very nearly at the same time 
and some of the public service broadcasters in the Nordic and 
Post-Communist countries are strong and continue to play an important 
role in the national media markets.

In the special issue of Central European Journal of Communication we 
will discuss the concept of public service media, legal and 
institutional framework, ownership, governance, financing, 
technology, and the presence of public service broadcasting on the 
new media platforms.

We are interested in manuscripts that answer the following research questions:

- What kind of role does the state play in media systems in the 
Nordic and Post-Communist countries?
- What are the links between public service media and politics?
- What are the current conditions of public service media in Central 
and Northern Europe?
- What are the perspectives of public service media development in 
the era of globalization, commercialization and digitalization?
- What is the current technological development of public service media?


We are looking forward for the future cooperation!
Polish Communication Association

Manuscript submission
We ask scholars and researchers interested in media systems of 
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, 
Poland, Russia and Sweden to submit an abstract of maximum 500 words 
before April 15, 2009. 10 papers for the publication will be selected 
before April 30, 2009. Full manuscripts should be submitted before 
June 30, 2009 according to the Style and Manuscript Guidelines:
http://www.ptks.pl/index1.php?id=cejoc_ms&lang=pl

Please note that Central European Journal of Communication accepts 
only online submissions:
(journal /at/ ptks.pl)


The process of publication
April 15, 2009  Deadline for abstract submission
April 30, 2009  Evaluation of abstracts,
selection of 10 papers for the publication
June 30, 2009   Deadline for full manuscripts
Spring 2010     Publication


Central European Journal of Communication (ISSN 1899-5101) is 
published twice a year (in Spring and Fall) on behalf of the Polish 
Communication Association. The Journal provides an international 
forum for empirical, critical and interpretative, quantitative and 
qualitative research examining the role of communication in Central 
Europe. CEJoC welcomes high quality research and analysis from all 
fields of communication and media studies.

Contact
Michal Glowacki
Central European Journal of Communication
e-mail: (journal /at/ ptks.pl)
website: www.ptks.pl







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