In recent years, the Leveson Inquiry in Great Britain, as well as the EU High-Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism, have stirred heated debates about media accountability and media self-regulation across Europe. How responsible are journalists? How well-developed are infrastructures of media self-regulation in the different European countries? How much commitment to media accountability is there in the media industry – and how actively do media users become involved in the process of media criticism via social media?
With contributions from leading scholars in the field of journalism and mass communication, this handbook brings together reports on the status quo of media accountability in all EU members states as well as key countries close to Europe, such as Turkey and Israel. Each chapter provides an up-to-date overview of media accountability structures as well as a synopsis of relevant research, exploring the role of media accountability instruments in each national setting, including both media self-regulation (such as codes of ethics, press councils, ombudspersons) and new instruments that involve audiences and stakeholder groups (such as media blogs and user comment systems).
A theoretically informed, cross-national comparative analysis of the state of media accountability in contemporary Europe, this handbook constitutes an invaluable basis for further research and policy-making and will appeal to students and scholars of media studies and journalism, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.
Author(s): Eberwein Tobias, Fengler Susanne, Karmasin Matthias
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Cover
Endoresment
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Figures
Tables
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction: Putting media accountability on the map
Media accountability on the rise?
Definitions, concepts and previous research
Aims and structure of the book
Notes
Chapter 2 Austria: Back on the democratic corporatist road?
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 3 Belgium: Divided along language lines
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusions
Chapter 4 Bulgaria: Regaining media freedom
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 5 Croatia: Unfulfilled expectations
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 6 Cyprus: Behind closed (journalistic) doors
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 7 Czech Republic: The market governs
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Note
Chapter 8 Denmark: Voluntary accountability driven by political pressure
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 9 Estonia: Conflicting views on accountability practices
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 10 Finland: The empire renewing itself
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 11 France: Media accountability as an abstract idea?
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 12 Germany: Disregarded diversity
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 13 Greece: Between systemic inefficiencies and nascent opportunities online
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 14 Hungary: Difficult legacy, slow transformation
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 15 Ireland: Moving from courts to institutions of accountability
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 16 Israel: Media in political handcuffs
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 17 Italy: Transparency as an inspiration
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 18 Latvia: Different journalistic cultures and different accountability within one media system
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 19 Lithuania: The ideology of liberalism and its flaws in the democratic performance of the media
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 20 Luxembourg: Low priority in a confined milieu
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 21 Malta: Media accountability as a two-legged ‘tripod’
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 22 The Netherlands: From awareness to realization
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 23 Norway: Journalistic power limits media accountability
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and the media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 24 Poland: Accountability in the making
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Note
Chapter 25 Portugal: Many structures, little accountability
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and the media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 26 Romania: Unexpected pressures for accountability
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 27 Russia: Media accountability to the public or the state?
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 28 Slovakia: Conditional success of ethical regulation viaonline instruments
Abstract
Introduction1
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 29 Slovenia: The paper tiger of media accountability
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 30 Spain: New formats and old crises
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 31 Sweden: A long history of media accountability adaption
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 32 Switzerland: A role model with glitches
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 33 Turkey: Sacrificing credibility for economic expediency and partisanship
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 34 United Kingdom: Post-Leveson, media accountability is all over the place
Abstract
Introduction
Journalistic culture and media system
Established instruments of media accountability
Innovative instruments of media accountability
Other media accountability instruments
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 35 Summary: Measuring media accountability in Europe – and beyond
Abstract
Media accountability – a trending topic for journalists and policy-makers
A qualitative comparison
Towards a European Media Accountability Index
Implications for European media policy
Notes
References
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