Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Cases
- 2 The Impact of National Security on the Development of Media Systems
- 3 Italianization (or Mediterraneanization) of the Polish Media System?
- 4 Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media
- 5 On Models and Margins
- 6 Africanizing Three Models of Media and Politics
- 7 The Russian Media Model in the Context of Post-Soviet Dynamics
- 8 Understanding China's Media System in a World Historical Context
- Part II Methods and Approaches
- References
- Index
4 - Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media
from Part I - Cases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Cases
- 2 The Impact of National Security on the Development of Media Systems
- 3 Italianization (or Mediterraneanization) of the Polish Media System?
- 4 Culture as a Guide in Theoretical Explorations of Baltic Media
- 5 On Models and Margins
- 6 Africanizing Three Models of Media and Politics
- 7 The Russian Media Model in the Context of Post-Soviet Dynamics
- 8 Understanding China's Media System in a World Historical Context
- Part II Methods and Approaches
- References
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Limited scholarship, particularly in other than national languages, has contributed to a situation in which the three Baltic countries are still “terra incognita” for many scholars outside the geographic and cultural region of northeastern Europe. Because of their peripheral location and cultural marginality, it is not surprising that even today in international contexts these countries are often represented in a rather mystified, mysterious, sometimes romantic way.
From the Western point of view, the Baltic countries have often represented the East, whereas for the East these countries seemed to be part of the West. This duality in interpretations, combined with the geopolitical, cultural, and linguistic marginality of the Baltic states, has contributed to the development of a certain rhetoric of intellectual preservation and self-realization (Hoyer et al., 1993; Lieven, 1994).
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- Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World , pp. 51 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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