Public Service Broadcasting and Media Systems in Troubled European Democracies

Chapter 1 PSM Contribution to Democracy: News, Editorial Standards and Informed Citizenship.- Chapter 2 The European Union and PSM in troubled democracies: a bridge too far?.- Chapter 3 Public Service Media in France.- Chapter 4 Public service media in a divided country: Governance and functioning of public broadcasters in Belgium.- Chapter 5 PSB in Italy: Troubled RAI in a troubled country.- Chapter 6 Greek ERT: State or Public Service Broadcaster?.- Chapter 7 Political intereference in the Spanish and Catalan Public Service Media: Attempts to reform and resistance to change (2006-2017).- Chapter 8 PSB transformation in Western Balan countries: When Western ideals meet reality.- Chapter 9 A Map of Political Discourse regarding Polish Public Service Media.- Chapter 10 Watchdog, lapdog, or attack dog? Public Service Media and the Law and Justice government in Poland.- Chapter 11 How the media systems work in Central and Eastern Europe.- Chapter 12 Media in Hungary: Three pillars of an illiberal democracy.- Chapter 13 Post-communist media and the impact of democratisation in Bulgaria and Romania.- Chapter 14 Transformation of media in 'in-between' post-communist societies: an interdisciplinary approach.- Chapter 15 Post-Truth and Normalised Lies in Russia.- Chapter 16 Power, Patronage and Press Freedom: the political economy of Turkey's media.