The Global Handbook of Media Accountability

The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars to de-Westernize the academic debate on media accountability and discuss different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of the status quo of media accountability in43 countries worldwide, it offers a theoretically informed comparative analysis of accountability regimes of different varieties. As such, it constitutes the first interdisciplinary academic framework comparing structures of media accountability across all continents and creates an invaluable basis for further research and policymaking. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of media studies and journalism, mass communication, sociology, and political science, as well as policymakers and practitioners.

Part 1 Introduction 1 Media Accountability: A Global Perspective Susanne Fengler, Tobias Eberwein, Matthias Karmasin, Sandra Barthel, and Dominik Speck Part 2 Anglo-Saxon Countries 2 Overview: Anglo-Saxon Countries Tim P. Vos 3 The United Kingdom: Consolidation and Fragmentation Gordon Ramsay 4 The United States of America: The Triumph of Autonomy over Accountability Ryan J. Thomas 5 Canada: Fragile Consolidation Efforts in Media Accountability Simon Thibault, Colette Brin, and Pierre Trudel 6 Australia and New Zealand: A Resurgence of Public Interest in Media Performance Ian Richards and Verica Rupar Part 3 Western Europe 7 Overview: Western Europe Tobias Eberwein, Susanne Fengler, and Matthias Karmasin 8 Sweden: Old Wine in New Bottles Torbjorn Von Krogh and Goran Svensson 9 Germany: Beyond the Beacon Tobias Eberwein and Janis Brinkmann 10 Spain: An Expanding Accountability Landscape with Major Challenges to Overcome Xavier Ramon, Ruth Rodriguez-Martinez, Marcel Mauri-Rios, and Salvador Alsius 11 Italy: Overregulation, Media Concentration, Political Transparency, and Economic Crisis Sergio Splendore Part 4 Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Space 12 Overview: Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Space Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska 13 Poland: Polarized Model of Media Accountability Michal Glowacki and Michal Kus 14 Hungary: Growing Concentration, Intensifying Control Agnes Urban 15 Estonia: From Analog to Digital – One Step Upward but Two Steps Back? Urmas Loit, Epp Lauk, and Halliki Harro-Loit 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Authority, the Media, and the Public in Correlating Multiple Negative Influences Enes Osmancevic 17 Ukraine: Lack of Self-Regulation in an Oligarch-Driven Media Landscape Dariya Orlova and Halyna Budivska 18 Russia: Media Accountability in a Polarized Society Anna Litvinenko and Svetlana S. Bodrunova 19 Kyrgyzstan: Accountability in a Constrained Media Environment Bahtiyar Kurambayev Part 5 Turkey, Israel, the Mena Region, and Iran 20 Overview: Turkey, Israel, the Mena Region, and Iran Judith Pies and Hanan Badr 21 Turkey: Crackdowns against Journalists are Paralyzing Media Accountability Ceren Sozeri Ozdal 22 Israel: The Importance of Alternative Media as a Media Accountability Instrument Noam Lemelshtrich Latar, Matan Aharoni, and Motti Poppel 23 Morocco: Accountability at a Nascent Stage Mohammed Ibahrine and Bouziane Zaid 24 Tunisia: The Urgent Need for Media Accountability Abdelkrim Hizaoui 25 Egypt: No Horizons for Independent Media Accountability? Hanan Badr and Nadia Leihs 26 Jordan: (Still) Co-Opted and Contained Philip Madanat and Judith Pies 27 Iraq: Citizens Finally Taking Media into Account Anja Wollenberg 28 Iran: Centralized Control and Tattered Accountability Mahsa Alimardani and Marcus Michaelsen Part 6 Sub-Saharan Africa 29 Overview: Sub-Saharan Africa Herman Wasserman 30 Kenya: An Exploration of Media Regulation and Accountability Levi Obonyo 31 Nigeria: Democratic Press, Authoritarian Government? Chinyere Stella Okunna, Ngozi Marion Emmanuel, and Henry Chigozie Duru 32 Ghana: The Double-Bind of Media Freedom Michael Yao Wodui Serwornoo, Benedine Azanu, Timothy Quashigah, and Modestus Fosu 33 South Africa: Media Accountability in a Young Democracy Herman Wasserman 34 Namibia: Fit for Purpose? A Critical Assessment of the Performance of the Media Ombudsperson System Admire Mare and Hilary Mare 35 Uganda: The Arduous Quest for Media Accountability William Tayeebwa 36 Zimbabwe: Media Accountability in an Authoritarian Context Wallace Chuma Part 7 Asia 37 Overview: Asia Shakuntala Rao 38 India: Strong State and Weak Media Accountability Suruchi Mazumdar 39 Pakistan: Corporatization and Weak Ethics Sher Baz Khan 40 Myanmar: Potential Diversity, Unfulfilled Hopes Dominik Speck, Isabella Kurkowski, and Zayar Hlaing 41 Japan: Corporate Accountability First Cesar Castellvi 42 China: Little Prospect of Enhanced Media Accountability Sigrun Abels, Hendrik Ankenbrand, Doris Fischer, and Shi Ming 43 Hong Kong: Media in Political Turmoil Agnes Lam, Ernest Lau, and Florence Ng 44 Indonesia: A Press Council with Exceptional Powers Angela Romano and Stanley Adi Prasetyo Part 8 Latin America 45 Overview: Latin America Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Mariella Bastian, and Renata Gomes 46 Argentina: Advances and Setbacks in the Democratization of Communication Cynthia Ottaviano 47 Brazil: Media Accountability Instruments, Journalists, and Media Ownership Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Mariella Bastian, and Renata Gomes 48 Chile: Double System of Self-Regulation and a few Union Organizations Fernando Gutierrez Atala and Constanza Hormazabal Durand 49 Mexico: Searching for a More Independent and Democratic Media System Lenin Martell and Laura Martinez Aguila 50 Colombia: Media Observatories and Ombudspersons as Places of Reflection Diego Garcia Ramirez, Maria Patricia Tellez, and Edgar Allan Nino Prato 51 Costa Rica: Media Responsibility as a Pending Issue Patricia Vega Jimenez, Giselle Boza Solano, Lilliana Solis Solis, Luisa Ochoa-Chaves, and Lidieth Garro-Rojas Part 9 Conclusions 52 Summary of Country Chapters Susanne Fengler, Tobias Eberwein, Matthias Karmasin, Sandra Barthel, and Dominik Speck 53 A Comparative Analysis of Media Accountability across the Globe: Models, Frameworks, Perspectives Susanne Fengler

Susanne Fengler is Professor of International Journalism and Director of the Erich Brost Institute for International Journalism at TU Dortmund University, Germany. She is the co-editor of Journalists and Media Accountability: An International Study of News People in the Digital Age, Cultures of Transparency: Between Promise and Peril, and The European Handbook of Media Accountability. Tobias Eberwein is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. He is the co-editor of Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics: European Challenges and Perspectives, Mapping Media Accountability – In Europe and Beyond, and The European Handbook of Media Accountability. Matthias Karmasin is Director of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna,and Full Professor at the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. He is the co-editor of Responsibility and Resistance: Ethics in Mediatized Worlds, the Handbook of Integrated CSR Communication, and The European Handbook of Media Accountability.