Media Compass (eBook)

An extensive and inclusive account of the media environments of 45 countries worldwide

In Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes, an international team of prominent scholars examines both long-term media systems and fluctuating trends in media usage around the world. Integrating country-specific summaries and cross-cutting studies of geopolitical regions, this interdisciplinary reference work describes key elements in the political, social, demographic, cultural, and economic conditions of media infrastructures and public communication.

Enabling the mapping of media landscapes internationally, Media Compass contains up-to-date empirical surveys of individual countries and regions, as well as cross-country comparisons of particular areas of public communication. 45 entries, each guiding readers from a general summary to a more in-depth discussion of a country's specific media landscape, address formative conditions and circumstances, historical background and development, current issues and challenges, and more.

Designed to facilitate quick lookup of individual entries, as well as comparative readings of a country's position in the wider media environment, Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes is an invaluable addition to libraries and institutions of higher education, and a must-read volume for students, educators, scholars, and practitioners working in communication and media studies, journalism, and media production.

Aljosha Karim Schapals is Senior Lecturer in Journalism, School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, where he is Chief Investigator in the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). He is Reviews Editor for Media International Australia and the author of Peripheral Actors in Journalism. He has published articles in journals including Digital Journalism and Journalism Practice, and served as Lead Editor of Digitizing Democracy.

Christian Pentzold is Chair and Professor of Media and Communication, Department for Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Germany. He has published widely in journals such as Media, Culture & Society, New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, and Convergence. He has edited several books including the Handbook of Peer Production, part of the Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Communication and Media series.