Table of Contents

Introduction: 'Structural Inhibition of Media Freedom and Plurality across Europe' - Page 9 - Andrea Czepek, Melanie Hellwig and Eva Nowak 'Measuring Media Freedom: Approaches of International Comparison' - Page 23 - Markus Behmer 'Pluralism and Participation as Desired Results of Press Freedom: Measuring Media System Performance' - Page 37 - Andrea Czepek 'Is the Clash of Rationalities Leading Nowhere? Media Pluralism in European Regulatory Policies' - Page 45 - Beata Klimkiewicz 'The Challenges of ICT to Media Pluralism' - Page 75 - Lilia Raycheva 'Press Freedom and Pluralism on the Micro Level: Journalistic Qualifications and Professionalization' - Page 91 - Eva Nowak 'Media Systems, Equal Rights and the Freedom of the Press: Gender as a Case in Point' - Page 101 - Elisabeth Klaus 'Media Governance and Media Quality Management: Theoretical Concepts and an Empirical Example from Switzerland' - Page 115 - Vinzenz Wyss and Guido Keel 'Assessing Pluralism and the Democratic Performance of the Media in a Small Country: Setting a Comparative Research Agenda for the Baltic States' - Page 129 - Aukse Balcytiene 'Media in Poland and Public Discourse' - Page 141 - Ryszard Filas and Paweł Płaneta 'Mass Media Developments in Bulgaria' - Page 165 - Lilia Raycheva 'Press Freedom and Media Pluralism in Romania: Facts, Myths and Paradoxes' - Page 177 - Mihai Coman 'Media Freedom and Pluralism in the United Kingdom (UK)' - Page 197 - Peter Humphreys 'Mind the Gap? Press Freedom and Pluralism in Finland' - Page 213 - Inka Salovaara-Moring 'Pre-Conditions for Press Freedom in Germany' - Page 229 - Andrea Czepek, Melanie Hellwig and Eva Nowak 'The Austrian Media System: Strong Media Conglomerates and an Ailing Public Service Broadcaster' - Page 251 - Martina Thiele 'Pluralism in the French Broadcasting System: Between the Legacy of History and the Challenges of New Technologies' - Page 261 - Thierry Vedel 'The Freedom of the Spanish Press' - Page 275 - Ingrid Schulze-Schneider 'Pluralism of Information in the Television Sector in Italy: History and Contemporary Conditions' - Page 289 - Cinzia Padovani

About the Author

Andrea Czepek and Eva Nowak are Professors of Journalism at the University of Applied Sciences, Wilhelmshaven. Germany. Melanie Hellwig is an Assistant at the University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.