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Series Editors: Nico Carpentier and François Heinderyckx
The ECREA series makes a major contribution to the theory, research, practice and/or policy literature in the field of Communication and Media Studies. The ECREA series is European in scope and represents a diversity of paradigms, perspectives, and cultures. Each book is edited by one or more acknowledged authorities in the field and the contributors have been selected to provide a broad overview and breadth of understanding of the concerns in question. Book proposals are refereed. Although the ECREA series is clearly embedded in the ECREA membership, a degree of openness towards non-ECREA members is considered to add value to the series.
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The Independence of the Media and its Regulatory Agencies
Shedding New Light on Formal and Actual Independence against the National Context
Media independence is vital for democracies and so is the independence of the regulatory bodies governing it. The Independence of the Media and its Regulatory Agencies explores the complex relationship between media governance and independence of media regulatory authorities within Europe which form part of the wider framework in which media’s independence may flourish or fade. Based on research in more than forty countries the contributions analyse the independence of regulators and draw links between social financial and legal frameworks.

From NWICO to WSIS: 30 Years of Communication Geopolitics
Actors and Flows, Structures and Divides

Trends in Communication Policy Research
New Theories, Methods and Subjects

Citizen Voices
Performing Public Participation in Science and Environment Communication

The Social Use of Media
Cultural and Social Scientific Perspectives on Audience Research
This collection of essays provides an overview of research on the social uses of media. Drawing on long traditions in both cultural studies and the social sciences it brings together competing research approaches usually discussed separately. The topics include up-to-date research on activity and interactivity media use as a social and cultural practice and participation in a cultural political and technological sense. This book explores three general areas of current scholarly study of the social aspects of media use. First the introduction of interactive and so-called social media has had repercussions for the definition of media use reception and even our perception of media effects. Second the recognition that media constitute social practice which utilizes media for its own goals has been highly influential in communication research. Third media provide many opportunities for participation in cultural and political issues. Yet media also shape participation in certain – and sometimes constraining – ways.

Trends in Communication Policy Research
New Theories, Methods and Subjects

Gendered Transformations
Theory and Practices on Gender and Media

Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe
Concepts and Conditions

Finding the Right Place on the Map
Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

Reclaiming the Media
Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles
