Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World by Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini

By Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini

Evaluating Media structures past the Western international deals a vast exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative research of media and politics globally. It takes as its aspect of departure the commonly used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's evaluating Media structures, exploring how the ideas and techniques in their research do and don't end up beneficial while utilized past the unique concentration in their "most comparable platforms" layout and the West ecu and North American situations it encompassed. it truly is meant either to exploit a much broader variety of situations to interrogate and make clear the conceptual framework of evaluating Media structures and to suggest new versions, thoughts, and methods that may be valuable for facing non-Western media structures and with strategies of political transition. evaluating Media platforms past the Western international covers, between different instances, Brazil, China, Israel, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Thailand.

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Many of these reporters belong to an older generation that entered journalism before the transition to democracy. In contrast to other postcommunist countries in Central Europe, in Poland the old journalists’ generation is free from negative connotations. What about other Polish journalists who are not so brilliant and talented? The rapid growth of Polish media over the last twenty years has resulted in a decline in the quality of journalism. Young journalists and newcomers to the media often have no professional skills or basic knowledge.

Specialized university programs were created in the late 1920s. The Higher School of Journalism was founded in Warsaw in 1927, followed by similar schools in Cracow and Poznan. In 1939, around 3,500 journalists were employed in all forms of the press. Hadamik (2005: 214) argues that, in the interwar period, the Polish media underwent a dynamic, rigorous, and far-reaching process of modernization characterized by strong self-organization, differentiation, and journalistic education, while retaining a strong literary, intellectual, and political orientation.

The Higher School of Journalism was founded in Warsaw in 1927, followed by similar schools in Cracow and Poznan. In 1939, around 3,500 journalists were employed in all forms of the press. Hadamik (2005: 214) argues that, in the interwar period, the Polish media underwent a dynamic, rigorous, and far-reaching process of modernization characterized by strong self-organization, differentiation, and journalistic education, while retaining a strong literary, intellectual, and political orientation. She claims that the professionalization of Polish journalism evolved in a direction different from the Anglo-American model.

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