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August 13, 2013 •
Media and Politics, Specialist Journalism •
by Michał Kuś, Stephan Russ-Mohl, Adam Szynol
Media barons – media owners who use their newsrooms to exercise political pressure and power – have become more influential in many Central and Eastern European countries. The most recent mega deals in the U.S. and in Germany...
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July 23, 2013 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Karen Grass
Latvian journalism has only had two decades in which to grow up. Most East European countries had to develop fast after emerging from Soviet Union control. The media systems of these new nation states have gone in very different...
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January 1, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality, Public Relations •
by Remzi Lani
Throughout the post-communist transition period, the relationship between media and politics has been intensely complex and rife with contradiction. Today’s Balkan press functions more as an extension of politics than a representation of...
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