商品簡介
Scholars of communication and journalism from Europe and the US weigh in on the debate about the theoretical and actual role of mass media in contemporary democracies, emphasizing how to monitor that role. The topics include evaluating media freedom, challenges of media monitoring in transition countries, case studies from five European countries, monitoring corporate governance in the US and European media firms, categories and indicators of media organizations and their accountability to democracy. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Josef Trappel is Professor of Media Policy and Media Economics the University of Salzburg, Austria. He conducts research in the fields of media and democracy, media policy, and media economics.
Werner A. Meier is the Director of SwissGIS, the Swiss Centre for Studies on the Global Information Society at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His work concentrates on democratic media governance.
