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Journalists' associations as political instruments in Central and Eastern Europe
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Abstract This editorial provides the overall context for the five cases -three national and two international- covered in this thematic issue. While the cases are from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), they highlight fundamental questions of journalism everywhere, including contradictions between freedom and... view more
This editorial provides the overall context for the five cases -three national and two international- covered in this thematic issue. While the cases are from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), they highlight fundamental questions of journalism everywhere, including contradictions between freedom and control, professionalism and politics, individual and collective. The associations of journalists serve as very useful platforms to study these questions, especially at historical turning points when the whole political system changed, as happened twice in CEE after World War II.... view less
Keywords
journalism; historical development; political change; Eastern Europe; political control; political system; freedom of opinion
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Journalistenverband
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 67-69
Journal
Media and Communication, 5 (2017) 3
Issue topic
Histories of collaboration and dissent: journalists' associations squeezed by political system changes
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; reviewed