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How is power being mediated in new democracies? Can media function independently in the unstable and polarised political environment experienced after the fall of autocracy? Do major shifts in economic and ownership structures help or hinder the quality of the media? How much can new media laws alter old journalistic habits and political cultures? And how do new technologies impact the media and democracy? This book examines these questions, drawing on a vast set of data assembled by a large international project.
Cover; Media and Politics in New Democracies: Europe in a Comparative Perspective; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1: Introduction: Fragile Democracy, Volatile Politics, and the Quest for a Free Media; Purpose; Models; Actors; Forces; Challenges; Benchmarks; Regional Experiences; The Bookś Importance; Notes; Part I: Models; 2: The News Media between Volatility and Hybridization; Political Instability; Not One Single Model; Hybridization; Conclusion; Notes; 3: Normative and Empirical Models of Democracy; Previous Research
Constitutional Design: Gradual or Radical Change?Comparative Democratic Assessments; The Empirics; Theory vs the `Real World;́ Analysis of the Detailed Features of Democracy: Normative and Evaluative; New Democracies: Peculiarities of Countries Analysed; Conclusion; Notes; 4: Capitalist Diversity and the Media; Polanyian Varieties of Capitalism; Worlds of Post-Socialist Media; Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Actors; 5: Political Actors and the Colonization of the Media; Cadres, Clients, Cartel Parties, and Colonization of the Media
How Media Resources are Extracted by Parties: A Handful of ExamplesNormative Implications; Notes; 6: The Rise of Oligarchs as Media Owners; When the Hammer Falls: Economic Crisis and the Withdrawal of Foreign Investment; The Coming of the New Bosses; The Oligarchic Ownership Model: Seeking Influence through Media Investment; Conclusion; Notes; 7: Journalists as Critical Change Agents and Popular Disseminators; Definition of Journalist, Models, and Journalist Cultures; Journalists in the Period of Transformation to Democracy; Institutionalization of Journalism as a Profession
Journalistic OrganizationsJournalistic Codes; Conclusion; Notes; Part III: Forces: Law, Culture, and Technology; 8: Good, Bad, and `Irritant ́Laws in New Democracies; Common Ground; Pre-; Post-; Bad Laws; `Good ́Laws; Bad News; Everything Connects; Conclusion; Notes; 9: Daily Democracy: Politics, Media, and Democratic Culture; Analytical Framework; CEE Democratic Culture; Comparative Perspective; Conclusion; Appendix: Measures of Democratic Culture; Trust in Political Institutions; Tied to Sociotropic Associations; Solidary Behaviour; Personal Autonomy; Gender Equality; Lifestyle Tolerance
Peopleś VoicePolitical Interest; Pro-Democratic Preferences; Notes; 10: Digital Democracies and Networked Publics; New Democracies and Digital Governance; Digital Media and Journalism; Digital Affordances and Citizen Activism; Technology, Politics, and Media in Central and Eastern Europe; Notes; Part IV: Challenges; 11: Media Fragmentation and its Consequences for Democracy; The Occurrence of Media Fragmentation; Fragmentation Based on News and Entertainment; Fragmentation Based on Politics; Connections between Elites and the Media; Partisan Selective Exposure
Includes bibliographical references and index.