Looking beyond national and cultural boundaries, Media in the Enlarged Europe focuses on the complexity and instability of the European Union and its relationship with the mass media. Contributors to this volume address the continuing growth and expansion of the European Union, relationships between old and new Europe, and social and political developments in the former communist countries. Media in the Enlarged Europe presents snapshots of media politics, policies, industries, and cultures in the European Union as a whole, while incorporating case studies of the history and current state of mass media in specific nations. This will be an essential volume for students and experts in media studies, international relations, and international studies.

Alec Charles is a senior lecturer in media at the University of Bedfordshire. He previously worked as a documentary program-maker for BBC radio and has served as a professor of media at Audentes International University in Tallinn, Estonia, where he also worked as a journalist for the Baltic Times.