Josef Trappel is head of media and communication research with Prognos, European Centre for Economic Research and Strategy Consulting, Basel, Switzerland. Helena Sousa teaches in the Department of Communication Science, University of Minho, Portugal. Andrej Е kolkay is lecturer in the Faculty of Mass Communication at the University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia. Manuel Pinto teaches in the Department of Communication Science, University of Minho, Portugal. Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is Associate Professor of Media Organization and Policy in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National University of Athens, Greece. Marina Г–sterlund-Karinkanta is Senior Media Analyst at the European Union and Media Unit of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), Helsinki, Finland. Helge Гstbye is Professor of Mass Communication at the University of Bergen, Norway. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Frands Mortensen is Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Information and Media Studies, University of Arhus, Denmark. Meier is a media consultant and lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Gianpietro Mazzoleni is Professor of the Sociology of Mass Communication and Political Communication, University of Milan, Italy. Rosario de Mateo is professor in the faculty of Communication Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Denis McQuil is professor emeritus at the School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, and visiting professor at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Hans Kleinsteuber is professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Hamburg, Germany. BГЎlazs Kiss is Deputy Director of the Institute of Political Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Mary Kelly is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University College, Dublin.

Karol Jakubowicz, Ph.D., works for the National Broadcasting Council, PolandвЂ™s regulatory authority. Olof HultГ©n is Head of Strategic Analysis, Corporate Development, Sveriges Television, Stockholm, Sweden. Mario Hirsch is a journalist, teacher and researcher on economic and policy aspects of the mass media, Luxembourg. Jan CulГk, Ph.D., is Lecturer in Czech studies at the University of Glasgow and editor of the Internet cultural and political daily BritskГ©. Jean-Marie Charon is a sociologist and media specialist at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and teaches at the Institut dвЂ™Г©tude politique de Reunes.

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