Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

′This comprehensive, easily accessible book will be a helpful companion to students and researchers alike... [a] superb guide to "The Media in Europe".′ - Journal of European Affairs

Completely rewritten, the Third Edition of this successful guide to European media systems has also been expanded to include Central and Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe.

Covering 23 countries, the volume highlights and explains key issues of debate and current tendencies in media policy and provides basic statistics relating to each case study.The chapters are written by an expert from the country concerned. Most of these are members of the Euromedia Research Group, a research collective that has been active for more than 20 years and has produced a series of assessments of media policy developments in Europe.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• Austria
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United Kingdom

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Each article in this valuable, specialized overview of European media systems is devoted to a single country; the work includes about 85 percent of today's Europe, including Russia and eastern and central Europe. Articles are presented in outline form, facilitating comparisons among countries. Each article supplies a "National Profile," presenting historical and geographical background, and salient economic features of the communications industry. Next comes the section "Structure and Ownership," which treats all forms of print and electronic media (newspapers, magazines, television and radio, the Internet and related online media, and the telecommunications sector), then "Politics, Policy, Law and Regulation," statistical summaries from useful secondary sources, and bibliographical references. On the whole, the work presents a wealth of information and analysis that will help in the understanding of major policy issues in single countries and throughout Europe (e.g., the status of various industries, deregulation, conflicts between public and private forces, growth of electronic media). Contributors hold academic positions as teachers or researchers in European universities, or work as journalists or media specialists at research and regulatory agencies in Europe. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Law and academic libraries serving a professional clientele in journalism and media policy, international business communications, and telecommunications. L. E. Jorbin Cleveland State University