Böcker av Colin Sparks

This book reports the results of a comparative survey of journalism students in university-level institutions in 22 countries of the major world regions. The students had three different concepts of the role of the press: the enlightenment model in which the prime functions is to educate and inform;

Gives an account of the theoretical changes in communication studies from the early theories of development communication through to the contemporary critiques of globalization. This book examines two main currents of thought.

Looks at how the media can inform the general public about the world at a time when public service broadcasting is under attack, and the popular press plays to the market with an output of sensationalism.

Sparks provides a challenging reassessment of the impact of the collapse of communism on the media systems of Eastern Europe. He analyzes both the changes themselves and their implications for the ways in which we think about the mass media.