The Media Systems in Europe

This open access book traces the evolution of the European media landscape in the last 30 years, from 1990 to 2020. It is based on the theoretical classical hypotheses of regional media systems provided by Hallin and Mancini and at the same time puts them to test. The book further defines the proportions between geocultural patterns national, regional, European, and global to outline evolutionary trends in media landscapes. It analyzes to which degree European media have become more European, in the historical course of administrative unification and breaks the results down into concrete indexes and indicators.
The book discusses the media systems of the member states of the European Union through a regional perspective, identifying similarities, differences, as well as their convergence in the digital age. It sheds light on the evolution of media systems in Europe, introduces existing relevant theoretical perspectives, and offers an overview ofthe new developments in European media.
The book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of political science, communication, media, cultural, and policy studies, as well as practitioners and professionals interested in a better understanding of the European media landscape's evolution.

Presents the evolution of media systems in Europe Discusses the media systems of the European Union member states through a regional perspective Based on a systematic collection of data, related to statistical trends in media production and consumption This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Auteur

Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is a Professor of Media Organization and Policy at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the head of the faculty and member of the Board of the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute. Further, he is a Visiting Professor at City University, London, United Kingdom. Previously, he was Deputy Director of the University Research Institute of Applied Communication (URIAC) and Deputy-Head of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Technological University of Cyprus, and he has also taught at the University of Helsinki and the University of Sheffield. Additionally, Papathanassopoulos is a member of the Euromedia Research Group. He is currently Director of the postgraduate program in Journalism and New Media, as well as Director of the Laboratory of Journalism Studies both at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He has participated as a partner in various EU funded projects, the most recent Euromedia Ownership Monitor and the Horizon 2020 Project European Media Platforms: Assessing Positive and Negative Externalities for European Culture .

Andrea Miconi is a Professor of Media Sociology at IULM University, Milan, Italy. He holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Miconi is a former Professor of Media Theories at the University of Padova, Italy (2002-2008]), and former Adjunct Professor of Network Society at USI-University of Italian Switzerland, Switzerland (2013-2017]).

Currently, he also is the Principal Investigator of the Horizon 2020 Project European Media Platforms: Assessing Positive and Negative Externalities for European Culture-EUMEPLAT, and the responsible of the IULM University Unit in the Horizon Europe Project Mapping Media for Future Democracies- MEDEMPA, and in the Strategic Partnership project Critical Visual Media Literacy and Empowerment- CLIP. He has also coordinated the Erasmus+ project Post-crisis Journalism in Post-Crisis Libya-PAgES.

Previously, Miconi has been a Visiting Professor at the School of Communication and Arts at the University USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil and an Erasmus+ Visiting Lecturer at the University San Pablo CEU Madrid, Spain, and Aveiro University, Portugal.

Résumé

"Media Systems in Europe: Continuities and Discontinuities is a significant contribution to the field of media studies, offering a comprehensive and insightful examination of the European media landscape, supported by relevant and updated data. ... this work is a valuable addition to media studies' literature, providing scholars and practitioners with a rich resource on the evolving media dynamics in Europe." (Paulo Couraceiro, European Journal of Communication, Vol. 39 (3), 2024)

Contenu
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. On Western and Eastern Media Systems: Continuities and Discontinuities.- Chapter 3. Europe and the Media in 1990-2020.- Chapter 4. The Media in North-western Europe in the Last Three Decades.- Chapter 5. Nordic Media Systems.- Chapter 6. Southern Media Systems; Continuities, Changes & Challenges.- Chapter 7. The Media in Eastern Europe.- Chapter 8. Conclusions.