ISBN10: 0854968539, ISBN13: 9780854968534, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Softcover Paperback. Second edition - Revised and updated, with a new preface by the author.- Includes an overview of the impact of German Unification and an update on cable and satellite.This book examines the modern German mass-media system in the context of the country's history, political culture and institutions. Throughout, the focus is on the distinctiveness of the German media policy 'profile' and the political controversies that have occurred over the mass media. This volume is concerned with the legal structure, the economic concentration and the political dynamics of the West German media in a period of rapid technological change. Adopting a "policy-studies" perspective, the author analyzes the shaping of "communication policies". Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1994]