Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European Democracies

Description

This 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Eva Połońska, Charlie Beckett)....Pages 1-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 PSM Contribution to Democracy: News, Editorial Standards and Informed Citizenship (Stephen Cushion)....Pages 23-39 The European Union and PSM in Troubled Democracies: A Bridge Too Far? (Carles Llorens)....Pages 41-65 Front Matter ....Pages 67-67 Public Service Media in France (Raymond Kuhn)....Pages 69-87 Public Service Media in a Divided Country: Governance and Functioning of Public Broadcasters in Belgium (Karen Donders, Hilde Van den Bulck, Tim Raats)....Pages 89-107 Front Matter ....Pages 109-109 PSM in Italy: Troubled RAI in a Troubled Country (Alessandro D’Arma)....Pages 111-128 Greek ERT: State or Public Service Broadcaster? (Petros Iosifidis, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos)....Pages 129-153 Political Interference in the Spanish and Catalan Public Service Media: Attempts to Reform and Resistance to Change (2006–2017) (Ana Fernández Viso, Isabel Fernández Alonso)....Pages 155-176 PSM Transformation in Western Balkan Countries: When Western Ideals Meet Reality (Davor Marko)....Pages 177-191 Front Matter ....Pages 193-193 A Map of Political Discourse Regarding Polish Public Service Media (Stanisław Mocek)....Pages 195-226 Watchdog, Lapdog, or Attack Dog? Public Service Media and the Law and Justice Government in Poland (Eva Połońska)....Pages 227-255 Front Matter ....Pages 257-257 How the Media Systems Work in Central and Eastern Europe (Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska)....Pages 259-278 Media in Hungary: Three Pillars of an Illiberal Democracy (Gábor Polyák)....Pages 279-303 Post-communist Media and the Impact of Democratization in Bulgaria and Romania (Lada Trifonova-Price)....Pages 305-329 Transformation of Media in ‘In-Between’ Post-communist Societies: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Natalya Ryabinska)....Pages 331-358 Post-truth and Normalised Lies in Russia (Daphne Skillen)....Pages 359-382 Power, Patronage and Press Freedom: The Political Economy of Turkey’s Media (Simon A. Waldman, Emre Caliskan)....Pages 383-408