xii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Crisis in public service media? The commercialization of the media industries -- Understanding media systems and internationally comparative research: towards a comprehensive review of empirical news studies -- Chapter-by-chapter outline -- 1.The phil...

Contents note continued: Journalism, news values and informed citizenship: understanding the democratic value of news -- Towards a healthy democratic news culture? Interpreting pluralism in information-rich societies -- Measuring the democratic value of news: the methodological tools behind empirica...

Contents note continued: 4.Making sense of elections: the journalistic conventions and practices of campaign reporting -- Introduction -- The contemporary nature of election coverage: comparing how politics is framed on competing media systems -- Old politics, new media: exploring the differences in...

Contents note continued: Conclusions -- 6.Adapting to the 24/7 environment of journalism: the evolution and development of rolling news channels -- Introduction -- The commercial dominance of rolling journalism: drawing an empirical map of commercial and public service 24-hour news channels -- Globa...

Contents note continued: The systemic impact of public service values: upholding editorial standards in an increasingly commercialized media landscape -- Market power, journalism and impartiality: the production of news in an increasingly deregulated environment -- Safeguarding editorial independenc...