Democracy and the media: a comparative perspective

1. The media in democratic and non-democratic regimes: a multilevel perspective Anthony Mughan and Richard Gunther 2. Politics and the media in Spain: from dictatorship to democracy Richard Gunther, Jose Ramon Montero and Jose Ignacio Wert 3. Institutional incapacity, the attentive public and media pluralism in Russia Ellen Mickiewicz 4. Democratic transformation and the mass media in Hungary: from Stalinism to democratic consolidation Miklos Sukosd 5. The modernization of communications: the media in the transition to democracy in Chile Eugenio Tironi and Guillermo Sunkel 6. Media influence in the Italian transition from a consensual to a majoritarian democracy Carlo Marletti and Franca Roncarolo 7. The United States: news in a free-market society Thomas Patterson 8. Japan: news and politics in a media-saturated democracy Ellis S. Krauss 9. The Netherlands: the media in a depillarized society Cees van der Eijk 10. Great Britain: the end of the 'News at Ten' and the changing news environment Holli S. Semetko 11. The media and politics in the New Germany Max Kaase 12. The political impact of the mass media: a reassessment Richard Gunther and Anthony Mughan.