[ecrea] CFP - Central European Journal of Communication

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION

Published by the Polish Communication Association

Editor: Professor Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska


Special Issue: IMPACT OF EU ENTRY ON THE MEDIA AND MEDIA POLICY
IN NEW MEMBER STATES

Guest Editor: dr Karol Jakubowicz ((jkarol7 /at/ tlen.pl))


CALL FOR PAPERS



You are invited to contribute papers and studies 
in English dealing with the impact of EU entry on 
the media and media policy in the new Member States.

The EU accession process has  affected the media 
and media policies in new Member States countries primarily in three ways.
First, the general political and economic 
criteria for membership impact on the overall 
shape of the media system and require respect for 
the same standards of freedom of expression and 
of the media as developed by the Council of 
Europe and the OSCE and accepted by the EU.
Second, Chapter 20 of the accession negotiations, 
"Culture and Audiovisual Policy" focused directly 
on alignment of the candidate countries' 
broadcasting legislation with the "Television 
Without Frontiers" Directive which establishes 
the legal frame of reference for the free 
movement of television broadcasting services in 
the Union in order to promote the development of 
a European market in broadcasting and related 
activities, such as television advertising and 
the production of audiovisual programmes.
Third, the media and audiovisual policy of the EU 
is designed to achieve general objectives of the 
Community, especially the completion of the 
internal market and to achieve freedom of 
movement for goods (including newspapers and 
magazines, for example) and services (including 
radio and television broadcasts). This has meant, 
among other things, opening the doors to 
investment by EU companies into the media in the new Member States.
The main areas of the EU media and communication policy include:


1.      Development of the regulatory framework 
in the area of broadcasting (especially the 
Audiovisual Media Services Directive) and 
electronic communications (the telecommunications 
package of 2002 and its current revision), as 
well as in the area of State aid and the 
financing of public service broadcasting;
2.      2. Development of support mechanisms at a 
European level promoting the growth of the 
audiovisual industry and the production and 
distribution of European audiovisual works
3.      Preparing the technological and 
regulatory foundations for the transition of the 
European audiovisual sector into the digital 
area, including the eEurope programme, the drive 
to complete the digital switch-over by 2012, and the i2010 programme;


In this issue of Central European Journal of 
Communication we will seek to analyse and 
understand how entry into the EU has affected 
media systems and media policies in the new Member States.
Possible areas of interest include:

"       Impact of the normative basis of EU and 
more generally European standards in the media 
field on media legislation on the one hand 
(freedom of speech provisions in the 
constitution, press, broadcasting and other media 
laws) and on actual approach to the media on the 
part of governments and the political establishment on the other;
"       Ability of new Member States to protect 
their national and cultural identity as well as 
their media market under EU rules;
"       Impact of "structural 
internationalization" of the media (foreign 
investment into the press and broadcasting) on 
the media in terms of their content, quality, 
professionalism, journalism, etc.;
"       Is the digital switch-over process 
premature in new Member States, given that they 
have not yet resolved other, more basic, policy 
issues and the technological advancement of their 
media? What has been the effect of preparation 
for the digital switch-over on the regulatory 
framework in broadcasting and telecommunications 
and on electronic media in general;
"       Has closer integration with other EU 
countries had an effect on media and 
communication studies in the new Member States?

The above is by no means an exhaustive list. 
There may be many more areas of interest and research topics.
You are invited to send an abstract to the guest 
editor, dr Karol Jakubowicz ((jkarol7 /at/ tlen.pl)) by 
March 15. Upon acceptance of your abstract, you 
will be asked to deliver your paper by June 15. 
Publication of this issue is planned for Spring 2009.




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