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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450794403321

Titolo

Broadcasters and citizens in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : trends in media accountability and viewer participation / / edited by Paolo Baldi and Uwe Hasebrink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, USA, : Intellect, 2007

ISBN

1-280-74770-6

9786610747702

1-84150-963-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaldiPaolo

HasebrinkUwe

Disciplina

302.23

302.23094

Soggetti

Television broadcasting policy - Europe

Television broadcasting - Influence

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Europe

Television - Law and legislation - Europe

Television viewers - Europe

Citizenship - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-113).

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction: overview of a European study; Media accountability in Europe: a fragmented picture; UK broadcasting policy; The protection of viewer rights in Europe; Media users' participation in Europe from a civil society perspective; Viewers' rights in the European Union: policies and instruments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; References; About the authors

Sommario/riassunto

Broadcasting is arguably the most influential and powerful industry operating today. The media impose an inescapable presence in contemporary life and infuse all areas of public communication. But what is the quality of the relationship between 'broadcaster' and 'citizen'? Do the media and media authorities take the audience's



interests seriously into account? Do audiences have real opportunities to express themselves? Are citizens well informed and educated about the social, the cultural and the civic role that media can play? In this book, five authors present the main results of an extensiv