[Commlist] New book: Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European Democracies

NEW BOOK RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT


We are pleased to announce the release of a new book:


‘Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European 
Democracies’

by Eva Połońska and Charlie Becket (eds.), Department of Media and 
Communications,

London School of Economics and Political Science


Published by Palgrave: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030027094 
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ABOUT THE BOOK:


The book provides the most recent overview of media systems in Europe. 
It explores new political, economic and technological environments and 
the challenges they pose to democracies and informed citizens. It also 
examines the new illiberal environment that has quickly embraced certain 
European states and its impact on media systems, considering the sources 
and possible consequences of these challenges for media industries and 
media professionals.


Part I examines the evolving role of public service media in a 
comparative study of Western, Southern and Central Europe, whilst Part 
II ventures into Europe’s periphery, where media continues to be 
utilised by the state in its quest for power. The book also provides an 
insight into the role of the European Union in preserving the 
independence and neutrality of public service media. It will be useful 
to students and researchers of political communication and international 
and comparative media, as well as democracy and populism.

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/Introduction/

Eva Połońska and Charlie Beckett

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PART I – PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA IN TROUBLED DEMOCRACIES

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/PSM Contribution to Democracy: News, Editorial Standards and Informed 
Citizenship /

Stephen Cushion

/The European Union and PSM in troubled democracies: a bridge too far?/

Carles Llorens

WESTERN EUROPE

/Public Service Media in France /

Raymond Kuhn

/Public service media in a divided country: Governance and functioning 
of public broadcasters in Belgium/

Karen Donders, Hilde Van Den Bulckand Tim Raats

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SOUTHERN EUROPE

/PSM in Italy: Troubled RAI in a troubled country/

Alessandro D’Arma

/Greek ERT: State or Public Service Broadcaster? /

Petros Iosifidis and Stylianos Papathanassopoulos

/Political interference in the Spanish and Catalan Public Service 
Media://Attempts to reform and resistance to change (2006-2017)/

Ana Fernández Viso and Isabel Fernández Alonso

/PSM transformation in Western Balkan countries: When Western ideals 
meet reality/

Davor Marko

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

/A Map of Political Discourse regarding Polish Public Service Media/

Stanisław Mocek

/Watchdog, lapdog, or attack dog//?//Public Service Media and the Law 
and Justice government in Poland /

Eva Połońska

PART II – MEDIA SYSTEMS IN TROUBLED DEMOCRACIES

/How the media systems work in Central and Eastern Europe /

Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska

/Media in Hungary: Three pillars of an illiberal democracy/

Gábor Polyák

/Post-communist media and the impact of democratisation in Bulgaria and 
Romania/

Lada Trifonova Price

/Transformation of media in ‘in-between’ post-communist societies: an 
interdisciplinary approach/

Natalya Ryabinska

/Post-Truth and Normalised Lies in Russia/

Daphne Skillen

/Power, Patronage and Press Freedom: the political economy of Turkey’s 
media/

Simon Waldman and Emre Caliskan

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EDITORS:


Eva Połońskais a Research Fellow at the Department of Media and 
Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.


Charlie Beckettis the founding director of POLIS, UK, the think-tank for 
research and debate in international journalism and society. He was a 
programme editor at ITN's Channel 4 News and a senior producer and 
programme editor at BBC News and Current affairs for ten years.


REVIEWS:


‘Media freedom, already endangered by technological changes, takes 
centre stage in democracy’s fight for survival just three decades after 
its sweeping post-Cold War victories worldwide. In this new era, 
troubled democracies across the world are led by autocrats who seek to 
capture the media. This volume is crucial in holding a mirror to all of 
the methods they use to annihilate informed choice, install 
self-censorship and suffocate the media’ (Miklós Haraszti, Central 
European University)

The book has been supported by the Noble Foundation's PROGRAMME ON 
MODERN POLAND.


	

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