Comparing Czech and Slovak Council Newspapers’ Policy and
Regulation Development

J 2015

Comparing Czech and Slovak Council Newspapers’ Policy and Regulation Development

WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka

Basic information

Original name

Comparing Czech and Slovak Council Newspapers’ Policy and Regulation Development

Authors

WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Media and Communication, Portugal, Cogitatio, 2015, 2183-2439

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50800 5.8 Media and communications

Country of publisher

Portugal

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00085464

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v3i4.341

UT WoS

000410222000008

Keywords in English

council newspapers; Czech media; media; politics; press regulation; Slovak media; UK media policy

Abstract

V originále

Council newspapers form an integral part of European media systems and, as such, have been analysed for their im-portant contribution to the development of local politics. However, despite a recognition of the media’s important democratic function in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) after the fall of socialism, the con-sideration of council newspapers’ political role in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been largely absent in debates surrounding the development of regulatory frameworks until recently. Interestingly, debates regarding local govern-ment transparency emerged recently (2011) in the United Kingdom, resulting in the Code of recommended practice on local authority publicity, underscoring the importance of this issue. However, developments in the aforementioned sit-uations demonstrate divergent outcomes in such considerations: the British addressed the causes, the Czechs ad-dressed the symptoms, and the Slovaks have yet to make any headway. This article utilizes qualitative analysis of policy and regulation documents to compare the trajectories of media policy and regulation of council publicity in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ultimately contrasting it with developments in the UK, suggesting possible future trajectories for the development of this type of regulation in the CEE countries.

Links

EE2.3.20.0184, research and development project

Name: Vytvoření interdisciplinárního týmu v oblasti výzkumu internetu a nových médií

Files attached

341-2294-1-PB.pdf

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WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka. Comparing Czech and Slovak Council Newspapers’ Policy and Regulation Development. Media and Communication. Portugal: Cogitatio, 2015, vol. 3, No 4, p. 62-75. ISSN 2183-2439. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v3i4.341.

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WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka. Comparing Czech and Slovak Council Newspapers’ Policy and Regulation Development. \textit{Media and Communication}. Portugal: Cogitatio, 2015, vol.~3, No~4, p.~62-75. ISSN~2183-2439. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v3i4.341.

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