{"product_id":"the-cultural-core-of-media-systems-the-romanian-case-9781666932577","title":"The Cultural Core of Media Systems: The Romanian Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book provides an alternative perspective to evaluating media systems by proposing a cultural model and testing it in Romania. It highlights the need to understand the cultural bricolage accumulated over centuries under empires' dominance, making a culture-driven understanding of Romania's media system more urgent. Scholars in communication, media studies, and Romanian studies will find this book valuable. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 174 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 July 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents a fresh and alternative approach to understanding media systems and their functioning, challenging the prevailing socio-political and economic frameworks. Peter Gross offers a comprehensive cultural model, a vibrant cultural prism, to evaluate the nature and dynamics of these systems. By applying this model to the case of Romania, Gross contributes to existing scholarship on media theory, media and transformation, East and Central European media, Romanian media, and East and Central European transformations in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing awareness among the younger generations of the inherent drawbacks of the cultural bricolage accumulated over centuries during Romania's subjugation by various empires underscores the urgency and significance of a culture-driven understanding of the country's media system. This reality makes it essential to comprehend the evolving transformation more fully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScholars specializing in communication, media studies, and Romanian studies will find this book particularly insightful and valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 404g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 238 x 157 x 19 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781666932577\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Gross","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44377898025210,"sku":"9781666932577","price":82.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1689955991967_book.jpg?v=1690190365","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-cultural-core-of-media-systems-the-romanian-case-9781666932577","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}