Bücher von 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.

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.