[ecrea] CfP Media Democratization: Media Systems Twenty Five Years after the Revolutions of 1989

www.mediastudies.fpzg.hr



CALL FOR PAPERS



Media Democratization: Media Systems Twenty Five Years after the 
Revolutions of 1989



A special issue of Medijske studije/ Media Studies to be published in 
June 2015.



Edited by Monika Metykova (University of Sussex, UK) and Lenka Waschková 
Císarová (Masaryk University, Czech Republic).



Following the fall of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe in 
the late 1980s much scholarly attention has focused on exploring the 
so-called transition to democracy and particularly the role of media in 
it. The establishment of democratic governments and the free market were 
considered key aspects of the transition. However, scholarly interest in 
media democratization in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc 
largely disappeared by the mid-2000s when some of these countries joined 
the NATO and the European Union. The literature becomes scarcer and also 
more specialized, with little attention paid to the complexity of issues 
within the frameworks of individual nation states while at the same time 
on the ground in these countries we find instances that question the 
extent to which media fulfil their democratic roles. The special issue 
will be focused on various aspects of media democratization in 
transitive media systems.



Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

•       media and democracy

•       media independence, particularly from political and economic 
influences

•       public service media

•       media ownership

•       media legislation

•       plurality of contents in the media

•       journalism culture

•       journalists’ professionalization

•       developments in online journalism

•       local journalism and civic engagement



Information about the journal:

Media Studies is an interdisciplinary journal published by the 
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science and the Croatian 
Communication Association. The journal provides an international forum 
for the presentation of research and advancement of discourse concerning 
media, communications, journalism, and public relations, within each 
field’s cultural, historical, political and/or economic contexts.

The articles should not be published before (neither partially nor 
completely), nor currently be considered for publication by any other 
journal or book, nor should the submissions be a translation of 
previously published articles. The journal is in SCOPUS database.

For more see 
http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr/index.php?q=/izdavastvo/casopisi/media-studies



Submission guidelines:

Please send your abstract (500 - 700 words) to the guest editors and 
please make sure that it addresses the theoretical framework, method and 
(preliminary) conclusions. The deadline for abstracts is 15 July 2014 
and authors will be notified by 1 August 2014. Upon acceptance, 
manuscripts shall undergo a rigorous international double-blind peer 
review. Manuscripts should be written in English, using Times New Roman; 
size 12; 1.5 line spacing; all pages should be numbered appropriately. 
The main text of the article should be between 5,000 and 6,000 words 
(for more see http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr/docs/MEDIA_STUDIES_nfa.pdf).

The deadline for full articles is 15 December 2014.



Please send your abstract or questions to the guest editors:

Monika Metyková (monikametykova /at/ googlemail.com)

Lenka Waschková Císarová (waschkova.cisarova /at/ gmail.com)


Dr. Monika Metykova
School of Media, Film and Music
Silverstone Building Room 304
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH

Tel. +44 1273 877387

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