Books in the European Communication Research and Education Association series

Media independence is vital for democracies, and so is the independence of the regulatory bodies governing it. This book explores the complex relationship between media governance and independence of media regulatory authorities within Europe, which form part of the wider framework in which media's independence may flourish or fade.

Gives insights into theories, methods and subjects in communication policy research. This title includes articles. It is suitable for understanding future trends in communication policy research.

In the twentieth century, the media gave whistleblowers a voice, spearheaded the downfall of powerful politicians, and exposed widespread corporate corruption. How will the twenty-first-century media cope with its storied legacy as the watchdog of democratic society? Reclaiming the Media examines the sometimes tenuous, often fraught relationship between media organizations and civil rights in Europe. In sections devoted to citizenship, participation, contemporary journalism, and activist communication strategies, a panel of European media experts makes the case for deepening the media's role in democracy.

Offers a comparison of the media systems and the democratic performance of the media in post-Communist countries. This book explores issues of commercial media, social exclusion, and consumer capitalism in a comparative East-West perspective.

Comprising the most current scholarship from leading experts in the fields of gender and media studies, "Gendered Transformations" offers readers a new foundation from which to reexamine traditional perspectives on gender. Organized into sections concerning representational politics, embodied performance, and social constructions of reality, these essays explore a wide variety of concerns from a similarly wide variety of perspectives, from essentialist to anti-essentialist. A thought-provoking contribution to a number of disparate fields, "Gendered Transformations" offers a rare interdisciplinary approach to gender that reflects the most recent developments in media theory and methodology.

Provides insights into theories, methods and fresh subjects in communication policy research. This title includes articles from academics with international experience and provides an understanding of future trends in communication policy research.

Building bridges across media and communication studies, science and technology studies, environmental studies and urban planning studies, Citizen Voices also offers a range of different theories and research methodologies which foreground the role of communication processes in scientific and environmental governance.

Two major regulatory activities have framed global media policies since World War II: the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This title offers an account from the 1970s onwards of the major issues concerning information flows in international geopolitics.

This collection of essays provides an overview of research on the social uses of media. Topics include up-to-date research on activity and interactivity, media use as a social and cultural practice and participation in a cultural, political and technological sense. It also incorporates current audience and reception studies.