Changing Media Markets in Europe and Abroad - New Ways of Handling Information and Entertainment Content

Contents

Series Introduction

Preface

Introduction

Part One Reaching Out for the Public: The Political Elites and the Media

1.1 Political Broadcasting in the 2002 French Presidential Election: Appeals and Effects for Young Voters

1.2 National Conditions Perceived As “Purple Ruins”: Shifts in Voting and the Origins and Effects of Issue Considerations

1.3 Debates, Media and Social Networks: How Interpersonal and Mass Communication Affected the Evaluation of the Televised Debates in the 2002 German Election

1.4 The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Communication of Parliamentary Information in the United Kingdom

1.5 Politics by Trial Balloon: An Increasingly Important Media Strategy of Policymakers

1.6 In the EU’s Image: Transformation of Broadcasting in Five Central and Eastern European Countries

Part Two Information Content in Traditional and New Media

2.1 The Editorial Gap Between Ideal and Real: Do Television News Editors/ Journalists Broadcast What They Believe Their Audience Wants?

2.2 Infotainment for Breakfast: The Production of Early Morning News Shows

2.3 The U.S. via the Net: The Death of ( Critical) Distance?

2.4 Patriotism as a News Value in Transitional Nations

2.5 How Big Is Their World? U.S. Adolescents’ News Media Consumption

2.6 School Violence, Crisis Management, and the Media

Part Three Entertainment in Real, Virtual, and Mixed Environments

3.1 The Psychology of Romantic Love and the New German Telenovelas: A Functional Analysis

3.2 The Interactive Sublime: Obstacles to Dialogue in Digital Broadcasting

3.3 Digital Games: The Relevance of a New Media Genre for Communication Research

3.4 Interactivity as Entertainment Content: Conceptual Roots, Definitions, and a Pilot Study

3.5 Action in Hybrid Environments: Why Technical Interferences Do Not Necessarily “ Break” the Virtual Presence

Part Four Communication in Educational and Organizational Contexts

4.1 Technological and Pedagogical Considerations in Online Learning

4.2 Participation, Negotiation, and Sociability: Building Online Communities of Practice in Preservice Teacher Education

4.3 A Garbage Can Model of Information/ Communication/Technology Choice

4.4 Computer-Mediated Communication and Leadership in Organizations ( E- Leadership)

4.5 Generativity: The Key to Marketing Strategies Targeting Female Midagers

Contributors

Subject Index