European Media Regions Recap

In general Europe has regional differences in media that have historic roots. Hallin & Mancini compared regional media systems though:

Political parallelism: the variation per country in the press as advocates of parties

Governance: variation in political party control

Professionalization: variation in the press as reliable and serving as social judgment

Role of the state: Variation regulation and intervention

You can also look directly at pluralism and commercialization to get a quick media snapshot:

North Central: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland

1.Pluralism: Moderate, segmented

2.Professionalization: High

3.Commercialization: High

4.Example press: Das Erste

North Atlantic: UK, Ireland

1.Pluralism: Moderate to individualized

2.Professionalization: High in UK, not Ireland

3.Commercialization: Higher in Ireland, not UK

4.Example press: BBC

South: Italy, France, Greece, Spain

1.Pluralism: Polarized at extremes

2.Professionalization: Low

3.Commercialization: Medium

4.Example press: El Pais, Liberation