ABSTRACT

The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to de-Westernize the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in 43 countries worldwide, it offers a theoretically informed comparative analysis of accountability regimes of different varieties. As such, it constitutes the first interdisciplinary academic framework comparing structures of media accountability across all continents and creates an invaluable basis for further research and policymaking. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of media studies and journalism, mass communication, sociology, and political science, as well as policymakers and practitioners.

part 1|57 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|55 pages

Media accountability

A global perspective

part 2|48 pages

Anglo-Saxon countries

chapter 2|2 pages

Overview

Anglo-Saxon countries

chapter 3|12 pages

The United Kingdom

Consolidation and fragmentation

chapter 4|11 pages

The United States of America

The triumph of autonomy over accountability

chapter 5|11 pages

Canada

Fragile consolidation efforts in media accountability

chapter 6|10 pages

Australia and New Zealand

A resurgence of public interest in media performance

part 3|44 pages

Western Europe

chapter 7|2 pages

Overview

Western Europe

chapter 8|9 pages

Sweden

Old wine in new bottles

chapter 9|11 pages

Germany

Beyond the beacon

chapter 10|11 pages

Spain

An expanding accountability landscape with major challenges to overcome

chapter 11|9 pages

Italy

Overregulation, media concentration, political transparency, and economic crisis

part 4|71 pages

Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space

chapter 12|2 pages

Overview

Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space

chapter 13|10 pages

Poland

Polarized model of media accountability

chapter 14|10 pages

Hungary

Growing concentration, intensifying control

chapter 15|9 pages

Estonia

From analog to digital – one step forward but two steps back?

chapter 16|9 pages

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The authority, the media, and the public in correlating multiple negative influences

chapter 17|10 pages

Ukraine

Lack of self-regulation in an oligarch-driven media landscape

chapter 18|10 pages

Russia

Media accountability in a polarized society

chapter 19|9 pages

Kyrgyzstan

Accountability in a constrained media environment

part 5|85 pages

Turkey, Israel, the MENA region, and Iran

chapter 20|2 pages

Overview

Turkey, Israel, the MENA region, and Iran

chapter 21|10 pages

Turkey

Crackdowns against journalists are paralyzing media accountability

chapter 22|10 pages

Israel

The importance of alternative media as a media accountability instrument

chapter 23|9 pages

Morocco

Accountability at a nascent stage

chapter 24|10 pages

Tunisia

The urgent need for media accountability

chapter 25|11 pages

Egypt

No horizons for independent media accountability?

chapter 26|10 pages

Jordan

(Still) co-opted and contained

chapter 27|11 pages

Iraq

Citizens finally taking media into account

chapter 28|10 pages

Iran

Centralized control and tattered accountability

part 6|75 pages

Sub-Saharan Africa

chapter 29|2 pages

Overview

Sub-Saharan Africa

chapter 30|11 pages

Kenya

An exploration of media regulation and accountability

chapter 31|11 pages

Nigeria

Democratic press, authoritarian government?

chapter 32|10 pages

Ghana

The double-bind of media freedom

chapter 33|9 pages

South Africa

Media accountability in a young democracy

chapter 34|10 pages

Namibia

Fit for purpose? A critical assessment of the performance of the media ombudsperson system

chapter 35|10 pages

Uganda

The arduous quest for media accountability

chapter 36|10 pages

Zimbabwe

Media accountability in an authoritarian context

part 7|74 pages

Asia

chapter 37|2 pages

Overview

Asia

chapter 38|10 pages

India

Strong state, weak media accountability

chapter 39|9 pages

Pakistan

Corporatization and weak ethics

chapter 40|10 pages

Myanmar

Potential diversity, unfulfilled hopes

chapter 41|9 pages

Japan

Corporate accountability first

chapter 42|10 pages

China

Little prospect of enhanced media accountability

chapter 43|12 pages

Hong Kong

Media in political turmoil

chapter 44|10 pages

Indonesia

A press council with exceptional powers

part 8|63 pages

Latin America

chapter 45|2 pages

Overview

Latin America

chapter 46|11 pages

Argentina

Advances and setbacks in the democratization of communication

chapter 47|7 pages

Brazil

Media accountability instruments, journalists, and media ownership

chapter 48|10 pages

Chile

Double system of self-regulation and a few union organizations

chapter 49|11 pages

Mexico

Searching for a more independent and democratic media system

chapter 50|10 pages

Colombia

Media observatories and ombudspersons as places of reflection

chapter 51|10 pages

Costa Rica

Media responsibility as a pending issue

part 9|80 pages

Conclusions