Media Policies Revisited

1. Introduction
Evangelia Psychogiopoulou

2. The Emerging Governance Pattern in Media and Communications
Petros Iosifidis

3. Media Freedom and Independence in Contemporary Democratic Societies
Evangelia Psychogiopoulou

Part I. Media Policy Processes and Regulatory Patterns

4. Media Policy and New Regulatory Systems in Denmark
Henrik Søndergaard, Rasmus Helles

5. Multi-level and Interrelated Media Policy Processes in Germany: An Enabling or Constraining Factor for Free and Independent Media?
Sebastian Müller, Christoph Gusy

6. The ‘Piranha’ Model: Power Plays and Dynamics of Policy-making Addressing Free and Independent Media in Romania
Ioana Avadani, Cristian Ghinea

7. The National versus the European: The Croatian Roadmap to Media Freedom and Independence
Nada Švob-Ðokić, Paško Bilić

Part II. Courts

8. The Role of Courts in Protecting the Freedom of Expression in Italy
Federica Casarosa, Elda Brogi

9. The Freedom of Expression in the Media and the Slovak Judiciary
Andrej Školkay

10. Protecting the Public Interest in a Free Press: The Role of Courts and Regulators in the United Kingdom
Yolande Stolte, Rachael Craufurd Smith

Part III. Media Finance and Business Models

11. Changing Conditions of Competition for Public Service and Commercial Media in Belgium: Implications for Media Independence
Pierre-François Docquir, Bart Besien

12. New Business Models for the Media: The Spanish Case
Juan Luis Manfredi, Juan Pablo Artero

13. The Media in Bulgaria: Business Enterprises or PR Divisions of Business Groups?
Ruzha Smilova

Part IV. The Journalistic Profession

14. The State of the Journalistic Profession in Turkey
Ceren Sözeri, Dilek Kurban

15. The Role of Professional Journalism in the ‘Small’ Estonian Democracy
Halliki Harro-Loit, Urmas Loit

16. Journalists’ Self-regulation in Greece
Evangelia Psychogiopoulou, Anna Kandyla, Dia Anagnostou

17. Ethical Demands and Responsibilities in Online Publishing: The Finnish Experience
Epp Lauk, Heikki Kuutti

18. Conclusion: Towards Media Freedom and Independence
Evangelia Psychogiopoulou

Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, Social Policy, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies