This work takes a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to analyze journalism cultures in selected Central and Eastern European countries. The analysis is being conducted with a reference to general features and characteristics of journalism in Central and Eastern Europe; national case studies from Poland, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria etc. follow.

Micha? G?owacki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw (Poland). Epp Lauk is a Professor of Journalism at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). Auks? Bal?ytien? is a Professor of Journalism at Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania).

«There is much to learn from this book.» (Anthony Moretti, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 92(3))

Contents: Auks? Bal?ytien?/Epp Lauk/Micha? G?owacki: Roller coasters of social change, democracy and journalism in Central and Eastern Europe – Miklós Sükösd: «East» of «West» - Media in Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and China: multiple post-communisms and shifting geopolitical realities – Václav Št?tka: The watchdogs that only bark? Media and political accountability in Central and Eastern Europe – Péter Bajomi-Lázár: How the internet changes journalism: some trends in the «West» and «East» – Agnieszka St?pi?ska/Micha? G?owacki: Professional roles, context factors and responsibility across generations of Polish journalists – Natalia Milewski/Paulina Barczyszyn/Epp Lauk: Three countries, one profession: the journalism cultures in Poland, Romania and Moldova – Bissera Zankova/Svetlozar Kirilov: Watchdog or underdog: how ethical is the Bulgarian media? – Miroljub Radojkovi?/Ana Milojevi?/Aleksandra Ugrini?: Journalism in crisis: the case of Serbia – Svetlana Pasti: Russian journalism as a social lift: comparing journalistic attitudes in the period 1992-2008 – Epp Lauk: Similar, but so different: the practices of press councils in Estonia and Finland.