Communism, Capitalism and the Mass Media

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-5075-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Media Culture & Society series

Colin Sparks provides a challenging reassessment of the impact of the collapse of communism on the media systems of Eastern Europe. He analyzes both the changes themselves and their implications for the ways in which we think about the mass media, while also demonstrating that most of the orthodox accounts of the end of communism are seriously flawed. There are much greater continuities between the old system and the new than are captured by the theories that argue that there has been a radical and fundamental change.

Instead of marking the end of critical inquiry or the end of history, as some have suggested, Sparks argues that the collapse of the communist systems demonstrates how very limited and frequently incorrect the main ways of discussing the mass media are. He concludes with a provocative discussion of the ways in which we need to modify our thinking in the light of these developments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sparks, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
A Crisis of the Critical Project
Totalitarianism and the Media
Media Theory and the Decline of the Communist System
Negotiated Revolutions
The Fate of Civil Society
The Struggle over Broadcasting Law
The Emerging Media Systems
Conclusions
Understanding the Transition

Über Autor(innen)

Sparks, Colin
Colin Sparks is a professor at the Centre for Communication and Information Studies at the Univeristy of Westminster and Co-Editor of Media, Culture and Society.

Anna Reading is a lecturer at Southbank University and Assistant Editor of Media, Culture and Society.