Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey of comparative media analysis addressing the economic, social, political, regulatory and cultural aspects of Western media systems.
Jonathan Hardy takes a thematic approach, guiding the reader through critical issues and debates, introducing key concepts and specialist literature. Western Media Systems is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying comparative and global media.
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'Western Media Systems offers an insightful and wide-ranging analysis of important developments and questions.' - Patrick Bijsmans, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 18, 1, March 2010
List of abbreviations
x
Acknowledgements
xii
Permissions
xiii
Introduction
xv
Explaining Western media systems
1
(21)
Media system evolution
22
(35)
Transformations and continuities in media systems (late 1970s to 2000s)
57
(22)
Media theory: paradigms and power
79
(18)
Media and politics
97
(37)
Media policy and regulation
134
(35)
Media markets
169
(37)
Western media and globalisation
206
(25)
Assessing Western media systems
231
(10)
Appendix: Comparative country data
241
(1)
Notes
242
(4)
Bibliography
246
(23)
Index
269
Jonathan Hardy is senior lecturer in Media Studies at the University of East London, and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College London. He is secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (UK).
