Table of Contents

Introduction - Denis McQuail
Austria - Josef Trappel
Belgium - Els De Bens
Czech Republic - Jan [ac]Cul[ac]ik
Denmark - Frands Mortensen
Finland - Marina [um]Osterlund-Karinkanta
France - Jean-Marie Charon
Germany - Hans J Kleinsteuber
Greece - Stylianos Papathanossopoulos
Hungary - B[ac]alazs Kiss
Ireland - Wolfgang Truetzschler
Italy - Gianpietro Mazzoleni
Luxembourg - Mario Hirsch
The Netherlands - Kees Brants
Norway - Helge [sl]Ostbye
Poland - Koral Jakubowicz
Portugal - Manuel Pinto and Helena Sousa
Russia - Elena Vartanova
Slovakia - Andrej [ac]Skolkay
Slovenia - Vida Zei
Spain - Rosario de Mateo
Sweden - Olof Hult[ac]en
Switzerland - Werner A Meier
United Kingdom - Jeremy Tunstall

About the Author

Denis McQuail (1935-2017) was Emeritus Professor at the School of Communication Research (ASCOR) University of Amsterdam and Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Southampton. He studied history and sociology at the University of Oxford and received his Ph.D. from the University of Leeds. He is an Honorary Doctor of the University of Gent. He has published widely in the field of media and communication, with particular reference to audience research, media policy and performance, and political communication. His most recent book publication is McQuail′s Media and Mass Communication Theory, 7th edition., SAGE, 2020, co-authored by Mark Deuze.

Reviews

"On the whole, the work presents a wealth of information and analysis that will help in the understanding of major policy issues in single countries and throughout Europe."
*L.E. Jorbin*