ABSTRACT
When the financial markets collapsed in 2008, the media industry was affected by a major slump in advertising revenues, and a formerly highly successful business model fell into a state of decay. This economic crisis has threatened core social values of contemporary democracies, such as freedom, diversity and equality. Taking a normative and policy perspective, this book discusses threats and opportunities for the media industry in Europe: What are the implications of the crisis for professional journalism, the media industry, and the process of political communication? Can non- state and non-market actors profit from the crisis? And what are media policy answers at the national and European level?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |42 pages
European Media in Crisis
part |53 pages
Media Industry Crises and Transformations
chapter |19 pages
European Communication and Information Industries in Times of Crisis
part |63 pages
Crisis in Journalism Values, Public Communication and Representation
part |56 pages
Looking to the Future
part |13 pages
Conclusions