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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad explo-
rationoftheconceptualfoundationsforthecomparativeanalysisofmediaand
politicsglobally.Ittakesasitspointofdeparturethewidelyusedframework
ofDanielC.HallinandPaoloMancini’sComparingMediaSystems,exploring
how the concepts and methods of their analysis do and do not prove use-
ful when applied beyond the original focus of their “most similar systems”
designandtheWestEuropeanandNorthAmericancasesitencompassed.This
bookusesawiderrangeofcasesbothtointerrogateandclarifytheconceptual
framework of Comparing Media Systems and to propose new models, con-
cepts,andapproachesthatwillbeusefulfordealingwithnon-Westernmedia
systems and with processes of political transition. Among other cases, Com-
paringMediaSystemsBeyondtheWesternWorldcoversBrazil,China,Israel,
Lebanon,Lithuania,Poland,Russia,SaudiArabia,SouthAfrica,andThailand.
DanielC.HallinisProfessorofCommunicationattheUniversityofCalifornia
at San Diego and served as Chair of the Communication Department from
2006to2011.HeholdsaPh.D.inPoliticalSciencefromtheUniversityofCal-
ifornia,Berkeley.HisbooksincludeThe“UncensoredWar”:TheMediaand
Vietnam,WeKeepAmericaonTopoftheWorld:TelevisionNewsandthePub-
licSphere,and,withPaoloMancini,ComparingMediaSystems:ThreeModels
ofMediaandPolitics.ThelastbookreceivedtheGoldsmithBookAwardfrom
theShorensteinCenteronPressandPolitics,theDiamondAnniversaryBook
Award from the National Communication Association, and the Outstanding
Book Award from the International Communication Association. Professor
HallinhasbeenawardedtheMurrayEdelmanDistinguishedCareerAwardby
thePoliticalCommunicationDivisionoftheAmericanPoliticalScienceAsso-
ciation,aMercatorProfessorshipoftheGermanNationalScienceFoundation,
andfellowshipsattheFreedomForumMediaStudiesCenteratColumbiaUni-
versityandtheCenterforAdvancedStudyintheBehavioralSciencesatStanford
University.Hisresearchcoversmediaandpolitics,mediaandwar,mediaand
publichealth,thehistoryofjournalisticprofessionalism,andcomparativemedia
systems,particularlyinEuropeandLatinAmerica.
Paolo Mancini is Professor in the Department of Institutions and Society at
the University of Perugia. He chairs the undergraduate program in Commu-
nications Sciences and the Ph.D. program in Social and Political Theory and
ResearchattheUniversityofPerugia.Mancinihasservedasavisitingprofessor
attheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,andin1995,hewasaFellowatthe
Shorenstein Center at Harvard University. In 2001, Mancini was a Fellow at
theErikBrostInstitute,UniversityofDortmund,and,in2009,atSt.Antony’s
College, University of Oxford. Mancini’s major publications include Video-
politica:TelegiornaliinItaliaeinUSA;Comevincereleelezioni;Sussurriegrida
dalleCamere;Politics,MediaandModernDemocracy,withDavidSwanson;
Manualedicomunicazionepolitica;Ilsistemafragile;Sociologiedellacomuni-
cazione,withAlbertoAbruzzese;andElogiodellalottizzazione.In2004,with
DanielC.Hallin,hecoauthoredComparingMediaSystems:ThreeModelsof
MediaandPolitics.
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Communication, Society, and Politics
Editors
W.LanceBennett,UniversityofWashington
RobertM.Entman,TheGeorgeWashingtonUniversity
Politics and relations among individuals in societies across the world
arebeingtransformedbynewtechnologiesfortargetingindividualsand
sophisticatedmethodsforshapingpersonalizedmessages.Thenewtech-
nologies challenge boundaries of many kinds – between news, informa-
tion, entertainment, and advertising; between media, with the arrival
of the World Wide Web; and even between nations. Communication,
Society,andPoliticsprobesthepoliticalandsocialimpactsofthesenew
communicationsystemsinnational,comparative,andglobalperspective.
OtherBooksintheSeries
C.EdwinBaker,Media,Markets,andDemocracy
C.EdwinBaker,MediaConcentrationandDemocracy:Why
OwnershipMatters
W.LanceBennettandRobertM.Entman,eds.,MediatedPolitics:
CommunicationintheFutureofDemocracy
BruceBimber,InformationandAmericanDemocracy:Technology
intheEvolutionofPoliticalPower
MurrayEdelman,ThePoliticsofMisinformation
FrankEsserandBarbaraPfetsch,eds.,ComparingPolitical
Communication:Theories,Cases,andChallenges
HernanGalperin,NewTelevision,OldPolitics:TheTransitionto
DigitalTVintheUnitedStatesandBritain
MyraMarxFerree,WilliamAnthonyGamson,Ju¨rgenGerhards,and
DieterRucht,ShapingAbortionDiscourse:Democracyandthe
PublicSphereinGermanyandtheUnitedStates
TimGroeling,WhenPoliticiansAttack:PartyCohesionintheMedia
Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, Comparing Media Systems: Three
ModelsofMediaandPolitics
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Comparing Media Systems Beyond
the Western World
Edited by
DANIEL C. HALLIN
UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego
PAOLO MANCINI
UniversityofPerugia
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Contents
Contributors pageix
1 Introduction 1
DanielC.HallinandPaoloMancini
part i: cases
2 TheImpactofNationalSecurityontheDevelopment
ofMediaSystems:TheCaseofIsrael 11
YoramPeri
3 Italianization(orMediterraneanization)ofthePolish
MediaSystem?RealityandPerspective 26
BogusławaDobek-Ostrowska
4 CultureasaGuideinTheoreticalExplorationsofBaltic
Media 51
Aukse˙ Balcˇytiene˙
5 OnModelsandMargins:ComparativeMediaModels
ViewedfromaBrazilianPerspective 72
AfonsodeAlbuquerque
6 AfricanizingThreeModelsofMediaandPolitics:
TheSouthAfricanExperience 96
AdrianHadland
7 TheRussianMediaModelintheContextofPost-Soviet
Dynamics 119
ElenaVartanova
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viii Contents
8 UnderstandingChina’sMediaSysteminaWorld
HistoricalContext 143
YuezhiZhao
part ii: methods and approaches
9 TheRiseofTransnationalMediaSystems:Implications
ofPan-ArabMediaforComparativeResearch 177
MarwanM.Kraidy
10 PartisanPolyvalence:CharacterizingthePoliticalRole
ofAsianMedia 201
DuncanMcCargo
11 HowFarCanMediaSystemsTravel?ApplyingHallinand
Mancini’sComparativeFrameworkoutsidetheWestern
World 224
KatrinVoltmer
12 ComparingProcesses:Media,“Transitions,”and
HistoricalChange 246
NataliaRoudakova
13 Conclusion 278
DanielC.HallinandPaoloMancini
References 305
Index 337
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Contributors
AfonsodeAlbuquerque,FluminenseFederalUniversity
Aukse˙ Balcˇytiene˙,VytautasMagnusUniversity
BogusławaDobek-Ostrowska,UniversityofWrocław
AdrianHadland,UniverstiyofNottingham,Ningbo
DanielC.Hallin,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego
MarwanM.Kraidy,UniversityofPennsylvania
PaoloMancini,UniversityofPerugia
DuncanMcCargo,UniversityofLeeds
YoramPeri,UniversityofMaryland
NataliaRoudakova,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego
ElenaVartanova,MoscowUniversity
KatrinVoltmer,UniversityofLeeds
YuezhiZhao,SimonFraserUniversity
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