Finding the Right Place on the Map : Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

Finding the Right Place on the Mapis an international comparison of the media systems and democratic performance of the media in post-communist countries. From a comparative east-west perspective, this groundbreaking volume analyzes issues of commercial media, social exclusion, and consumer capitalism. With topics ranging from the civil society approach, public service broadcasting, fandom, and the representation of poverty, each chapter considers a different aspect of the trends and problems surrounding the international media. This volume is an up-to-date overview of what media transformation has meant for post-communist countries in the past two decades.

Karol Jakubowicz is a member of the Council of the Independent Media Commission in Kosovo and the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO Information for All Program. Miklós Sükösd is academic director and associate professor of political science at the Centre for Media and Communication Studies, Central European University.