Media Beyond Socialism: Theory and Practice in East-Central Europe

Media Beyond Socialism treats the changing relationships among media, state, economy, and civil society in the current period of transition in East Europe from socialism to the establishment of Western-type democracies. Analyzing the relevance of mass communication and particularly of the media in the democratization process, the book addresses suc

Slavko Splichal is professor of communication science and sociology of information processes at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.