The media in Europe. The Euromedia handbook, 3rd ed.

Abstract:

This clearly laid out reference book aims to provide clear and informative accounts about the media system of each country, with reference to media structure and audiences, ownership, new economic and technological developments, and major policy issues and initiatives. Each chapter follows a standard structure dealing with the same topics, providing easy opportunity for access and comparison:

• National profile
• History, structure and ownership of the media
• Print media (the newspaper press; the magazine press; book publishing)
• Electronic/audio-visual media (television; radio; film and video)
• Internal and related on-line media
• Politics, policy, law and regulation
• Statistics
• References

Twenty three countries are featured and each chapter is written by an expert observer.

The book will be a useful reference work for anyone engaged in media studies or activities in the European media industry.

Mary Kelly is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University College, Dublin.

Gianpietro Mazzoleni is Professor of the Sociology of Mass Communication and Political Communication, University of Milan, Italy.

Denis McQuail is Professor Emeritus at the School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam and Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton, UK.