Party Colonisation of the Media in Central and Eastern Europe / / Péter Bajomi-Lázár.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Bajomi-Lázár, Péter,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Political and Media Systems in Central and Eastern Europe -- 2. Hungary -- 3. Bulgaria -- 4. Poland -- 5. Romania -- 6. Slovenia -- 7. Summary and conclusions: Veto Points in the System -- Appendices -- References -- Index of names