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Overview"The revolutions of 1989 swept away Eastern Europe's Communist governments and created expectations on the part of many observers that post-Communist media would lead the liberated societies in establishing and embracing democratic political cultures. Peter Gross finds that it was utopian to hold such expectations of the media in societies in transition. On the one hand, those countries' media professionals had all learned their jobs under the Communist regimes and could not instantly transform themselves into guides for a politically enabled populace, Gross argues. On the other hand, newcomers to the media world, even those who were notable literary figures, viewed themselves as social and political leaders rather than mere informers and facilitators of the resocialization required to form new democracies. The news media have therefore remained highly politicized and partisan. So how are the media, civil society, and political culture related in societies in transition? Can changes in these relationships be anticipated? To address these questions, ""Entangled Evolutions"" examines media in post-1989 Eastern Europe. It studies the effects of privatization of the media, journalists' relations to political figures, institutional structures such as media laws, professional journalistic culture, and the media's relation to their market. Sources include interviews with journalists and politicians, sociological and political data from national surveys, and media audience studies." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter GrossPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.317kg ISBN: 9780801868528ISBN 10: 0801868521 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 08 May 2002 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Political Culture, Civil Society, the Media, and Democracy 2 The Media and the New Political World 3 State, Government, Laws, and the Media 4 The Media as an Institution 5 The Media, Civil Society, Political Democracy, and the Market 6 Conclusion: The Media, Journalism, and Democratization Notes IndexReviews<p> [A] very rich and well-informed reconsideration of the social and media situation in Central and Southeastern Europe. -- Karol Jakubowicz, Political Communication <p>Very rich and well-informed reconsideration of the social and media situation in Central and Southeastern Europe.--Karol Jakubowicz Political Communication (01/01/0001) Author InformationPeter Gross is a professor of journalism at California State University-Chico. He was an East European Studies research scholar in 1996 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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