"Electronic Media and Industrialized Nations" considers the
approaches that industrialized nations have taken to introduce,
develop, control, and use electronic media. Browne compares and
contrasts through detailed case studies, the experiences of several
nations--France, Germany (both East and West), the Soviet Union and
Russia, and the Netherlands--by presenting them in light of the
political, economic, cultural, geographical, and demographic
factors that both shape and reflect society. He then compares the
pros and cons of those experiences, adds specific examples from
still other industrialized nations, and proposes an "ideal" system
as a way of focusing attention on what the media could and should
do to play supportive roles in society.
Browne readily acknowledges his own biases. He makes it
abundantly clear that he believes those who regulate, administer,
produce, and receive have an obligation to understand how the
electronic media function and how the media should and can follow
standards that will better ensure their responsibility for the
development of healthy societies.
While the present work is based on Browne's award-winning
"Comparing Broadcast Systems," it goes much further in terms of its
coverage of such subjects as government-media relationships,
minorities and the media, uses of the Internet, and the possible
influence of "media barons," the European Union, and transnational
corporations. Where the two Germanys and the Soviet Union/Russia
are concerned, he provides an account of the role of the media
before, during, and after both German unification and the collapse
of the Soviet Union. He also places greater emphasis on how media
portrayal of religion, class, language, ethnicity, and political
affiliation provide us with images of the relative health of civil
society.
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