Communication Theory and Research

Introduction and Overview/PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION/Research into International Television Flows/A Methodological Contribution/The Mythology about Globalization/The inflow of American Television Fiction on European Broadcasting Channels Revisited /PART TWO: AUDIENCE/Five Traditions in Search of the Audience/Resisting American Hegemony/PART THREE: POLICY AND POLITICS/Accountability of Meida to Society/A Reponse/Who's Afraid of Infotainment? /Political Communication Systems All Change/A Response to Kees Brants/`Four Mothers'/The Womb in the Public Sphere/A Critical Review and Assessment of Herman and Chomsky's `Propaganda Model'/PART FOUR: JOURNALISM/The Sacred Side of Professional Journalism/Telling Stories/Sociology Journalism and the Informed Citizen/Beyond Journalism/A Profession between Information Society and Civil Society/Journalistic Codes of Ethics in Europe/`Infosuasion' in European Newspapers/A Case Study on War in Kosovo/News Production in Contemporary Russia/PART FIVE: MEDIA CULTURE/European Soap Operas/The Diversification of Genre/Gendering the Internet/Claims Controversies and Cultures/Lifestyle Segmentation/Consumer Culture Islam and the Politics Lifestyle/Fashion for Veiling in Contemporary Turkey