(Handbooks in Communication and Media) 1st Edition
by Klaus Arnold (Editor), Paschal Preston (Editor), Susanne Kinnebrock (Editor)
A groundbreaking handbook that takes a cross-national approach to the media history of Europe of the past 100 years
The Handbook of European Communication History is
a definitive and authoritative handbook that fills a gap in the
literature to provide a coherent and chronological history of mass
media, public communication and journalism in Europe from 1900 to the
late 20th century. With contributions from teams of scholars
and members of the European Communication Research and Education
Association, the Handbook explores media innovations, major changes and
developments in the media systems that affected public communication, as
well as societies and culture. The contributors also examine the
general trends of communication history and review debates related to
media development.
To ensure a transnational approach to
the topic, the majority of chapters are written not by a single author
but by international teams formed around one or more lead authors. The
Handbook goes beyond national perspectives and provides a basis for more
cross-national treatments of historical developments in the field of
mediated communication. Indeed, this important Handbook:
- Offers
fresh insights on the development of media alongside key differences
between countries, regions, or media systems over the past century
- Takes a fresh, cross-national approach to European media history
- Contains contributions from leading international scholars in this rapidly evolving area of study
- Explores
the major innovations, key developments, differing trends, and the
important debates concerning the media in the European setting
Written for students and academics of communication and media studies as well as media professionals, The Handbook of European Communication History covers
European media from 1900 with the emergence of the popular press to the
professionalization of journalists and the first wave of multimedia
with the advent of film and radio broadcasting through the rapid growth
of the Internet and digital media since the late 20th century.