"Media scholars and students, professionals and policy-makers alike will be introduced to the specific problems and perspectives of media accountability in different media systems and journalistic cultures. The status quo of media criticism online across Europe will be a key issue and provide insights into the innovative potential of media accountability in the digital age. Looked at from a comparative point of view, the reports hint at the formation of different cultures of media accountability within Europe and its adjacent countries. These media accountability cultures partly overlap with the journalism cultures identified in the well-known model by Hallin & Mancini who differentiate between North Atlantic or Liberal, Mediterranean or Polarised Pluralist, and Northern European or Democratic Corporatist media systems. At the same time, the development of media accountability and transparency shows distinctive features incongruent with established models of journalism cultures." (Back cover)
Mapping Media Accountability: In Europe and Beyond / Susanne Fengler, Tobias Eberwein, Tanja Leppik-Bork, 7
Austria: A Border-Crosser / Matthias Karmasin, Daniela Kraus, Andy Kaltenbrunner, Klaus Bichler, 22
Estonia: Fragmented Accountability / Urmas Heikkilä, Halliki Harro-Loit, 36
Finland: Direction of Change still Pending / Heikki Heikkilä, Timo Kylmälä, 50
France: Much Ado about (almost) Nothing? / Olivier Baisnée, Ludivine Balland, 63
Germany: Model without Value? / Tobias Eber
Italy: Discovering Media Accountability Culture / Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Sergio Splendore, 90
Jordan: Media Accountability under the Patronage of the Regime / George Hawatmeh, Judith Pies, 101
The Netherlands: Bits of Accountability in a Sea of Freedom / Huub Evers, Härmen Groenhart, 114
Poland: Between Accountability and Instrumentalization / Michal Glowacki, Pawel Urbaniak, 131
Romania: Twenty Years of Professionalization in Journalism - Still Counting / Mihai Coman, Raluca Radu, Manuela Preoteasa, Mihaela Päun, Horea Badau, 142
Spain: A Diverse and Asymmetric Landscape / Salvador Alsius, Marcel Mauri, Ruth Rodriguez Martínez, 155
Switzerland: The Principle of Diversity / Colin Porlezza, Stephan Russ-Mohl, 168
Tunisia: The Clash of Texts and Contexts / Riadh Ferjani, 181
United Kingdom: From the Gentlemen's Club to the Blogosphere / Mike Jempson, Wayne Powell, 194
Assessing Media Accountability: In Europe and Beyond / Epp Lauk, Marcus Dentón, 217