This comparative study brings together academics and practitioners who work in the field of media and elections to provide a set of national case studies and an analysis of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are employed by nation states to ensure that the media perform according to certain standards during election periods. In setting out the legal and regulatory framework each chapter provides an account of the socio-political conditions and media environment in each of the countries and subsequently details the laws that govern the print and broadcast media during election campaign periods. The countries included are France, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. A set of reflections by a Member of the European Parliament and a set of recommendations for good practice in media and elections are also included. Thus, the book is organized to provide a practical guide so that it can be used as a handbook.

This comparative study brings together academics and practitioners who work in the field of media and elections to provide a set of national case studies and an analysis of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are employed by nation states to ensure that the media perform according to certain standards during election periods. In setting out the legal and regulatory framework each chapter provides an account of the socio-political conditions and media environment in each of the countries and subsequently details the laws that govern the print and broadcast media during election campaign periods. The countries included are France, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. A set of reflections by a Member of the European Parliament and a set of recommendations for good practice in media and elections are also included. Thus, the book is organized to provide a practical guide so that it can be used as a handbook.

Der Band bietet eine interdisziplinare sozialwissenschaftliche Analyse (soziologisch, wirtschaftswissenschaftlich, juristisch, historisch, politik- und kommunikationswissenschaftlich) von Medienwettbewerb bzw. -pluralitat, Medienkonzentration und ihrer gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen unter besonderer Berucksichtigung technischer und oekonomischer Konvergenz in der Zeit globaler Digitalisierung. Die Macht der Medien wird so Disziplinen ubergreifend untersucht. Abschliessend erfolgt eine kritische Evaluation der bisherigen rechtlichen und politischen Regulierungsbemuhungen systematisch und an Hand von konkreten case-studies aus Deutschland, der EU und den USA

Die interdisziplinar zusammengesetzte ISDN-Forschungskommission des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen initiierte in einem Zeitraum von uber funf Jahren sechzehn Studien und Projekte zu dem Einsatz von ISDN in den Bereichen Handel, Dienstleistung, Industrie und OEffentliche Verwaltung. Dieser Abschlussbericht zeigt auf, wo die Potentiale des ISDN - uber die Telefonie hinaus - liegen und wie diese neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik in organisatorische Zusammenhange eingebettet werden kann. Mitarbeiterbeteiligung, aber auch das Schaffen von adaquaten Rahmenbedingungen wie Daten-, Verbraucher- und Arbeitnehmerschutz sind fur eine erfolgreiche Einfuhrung des ISDN in Unternehmen und Verwaltungen gleichermassen erforderlich.

This collection of essays focuses on critical analyses of Indian writing in English in various genres of the modern to postmodern period. The main section examines the critical reception of Indian writing in the German media and the place of Indian literature in German schools. Equally important are gender issues in prose and poetry by Indian women writers and the work of major authors like Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh. The concluding section gives a survey of the work on Indian writing that has greatly increased in the German academy. The conclusion ends with a bibliography of German criticism on Indian writing.

"Bernd-Peter Lange" is professor at the Institute for Foreign Philology at the University of Magdeburg (Germany). "Mala Pandurang" is head of the Department of English at the B.M.N College of Home Science in Mumbai (India).