Looking to the Future


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Eastern European Journalism


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This text covers five topics about journalism: its roots in East/Central Europe and former Soviet Union; its role and effect leading up to the events of 1989; the transition period; the contributions, trials and tribulations from 1989-1996; and the state of journalism education in these regions.




Standards of Journalism Education Applicable to Eastern Europe


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This journalism master's project includes a professional work component and a research component. The professional work component details the author's experiences working for the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and its project, the International Journalists' Network (IJNet). The main duty was to work on the survey of IJNet and its services. Includes field notes and examples of work. In the research component the author examines the low quality of journalism in Moldova. "This research ... will serve as a basis for a school of journalism in Moldova ... [The author considers] the reasons for creating a school in Moldova, taking into account the current situation with journalists' education ... [and examines] other journalism schools in Central and Eastern Europe, which serve as examples of transferring Western standards of journalism education into transitional countries similar to Moldova." (p. 168) Includes a literature review, surveys, and interview transcripts.




Journalism that Matters


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This work takes a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to analyze journalism cultures in selected Central and Eastern European countries. The analysis is being conducted with a reference to general features and characteristics of journalism in Central and Eastern Europe; national case studies from Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria etc. follow.




Democracy and Media in Central and Eastern Europe 25 Years on


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This book is a collection of essays about democracy and relations between media and politics in Central and Eastern Europe, a topic which has been much discussed in a variety of publications and during international and national conferences. The papers analyze the models of media systems, journalistic autonomy and the state of media freedom.




Media Literacy, Media Education and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe


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This book explores the state of media literacy and media education in several Central and Eastern European countries. The main argument centers around the connection between media literacy and media education on the one hand, and liberal democratic values on the other. Data collected through a European Union funded project shows that diversity is the key word when it comes to how countries prioritize media literacy and integrate media education into school curricula. Although national governments have been fairly active in reforming the education system to include media education, civil society is the most impactful actor through the implementation of various projects linking media literacy with democratic values.




Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe


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This book compares media and political systems in East-Central as well as in Western Europe in order to identify the reasons possibly responsible for the extensive and intensive party control over the media. This phenomenon is widely experienced in many of the former communist countries since the political transformation. The author argues that differences in media freedom and in the politicization of the news media are rooted in differences in party structures between old and new democracies, and, notably, the fact that young parties in the new members of the European Union are short of resources, which makes them more likely to take control of and to exploit media resources.




European Journalism Education


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This book is the first comprehensive directory of the journalism education and training offered in thirty-three European countries. The volume, organized by country, discusses the history of journalism education and includes an analysis of all the current university programs and training provided by private media and professional organizations in each location. In addition, each section includes a thorough examination of the historical, political, economic and social framework of journalism in each country that looks towards the future of journalism education and media in Europe. European Journalism Education will be an asset to scholars of international communication studies and to media policy makers around the world.




Decolonizing Journalistic Knowledge


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In the EU, the prevailing academic and scientific thought models, as well as communication processes and journalism, are deeply Eurocentric. Martín Oller Alonso critiques these structural issues, focusing on post-communist Central and Eastern Europe's recent EU members. He argues for a decolonization of knowledge and a journalistic-other approach, blending local sensibilities and collective imaginations. Emphasizing deliberative communication, his study offers fresh media and communication theory perspectives, relevant to professionals and researchers in various fields, addressing the challenges and opportunities in the European Union amidst globalization and cultural integration.