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This collection of essays provides an overview of research on the social uses of media. Topics include up-to-date research on activity and interactivity, media use as a social and cultural practice and participation in a cultural, political and technological sense. It also incorporates current audience and reception studies.

Media independence is vital for democracies, and so is the independence of the regulatory bodies governing it. This book explores the complex relationship between media governance and independence of media regulatory authorities within Europe, which form part of the wider framework in which media's independence may flourish or fade.

Building bridges across media and communication studies, science and technology studies, environmental studies and urban planning studies, Citizen Voices also offers a range of different theories and research methodologies which foreground the role of communication processes in scientific and environmental governance.

Provides insights into theories, methods and fresh subjects in communication policy research. This title includes articles from academics with international experience and provides an understanding of future trends in communication policy research.

Two major regulatory activities have framed global media policies since World War II: the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This title offers an account from the 1970s onwards of the major issues concerning information flows in international geopolitics.

Offers a comparison of the media systems and the democratic performance of the media in post-Communist countries. This book explores issues of commercial media, social exclusion, and consumer capitalism in a comparative East-West perspective.

Gives insights into theories, methods and subjects in communication policy research. This title includes articles. It is suitable for understanding future trends in communication policy research.