Edited by: Josef Trappel

Inequalities are the unwanted companions of media and communication. Tradi­tional analogue mass media were criticized for creating inequal

ities by being biased, serving hegemonic interests, and accumulating far too much power in the hands of mighty industrial conglomerates. Under the digital regime, most inequalities survived, and new ones occurred. Knowledge gaps transformed into digital divides, news journalism is challenged by social networking sites, and global corporate monopolies outperform national media companies. Algorithmic selection, surveillance, Big Data and the Internet of Things are creating new inequalities which follow traditional patterns of class, gender, wealth and education. This book revisits old and new media and co

mmunication inequalities in times of digital transition. It has been written in a collective effort by the members of the Euromedia Research Group.

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Content

• Preface
• Inequality, (new) media and communications (Josef Trappel)
• Equality – an ambiguous value (Denis McQuail)
• Inequality, social trust and the media. Towards citizens’ communication and information rights (Hannu Nieminen)
• Scale economies and international communications inequality, 1820-2020 (Jeremy Tunstall)
• Political communication, digital inequality and populism (Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, Ralph Negrine)
• Economic inequality, appraisal of the EU and news media (Barbara Thomass)
• Inequality in the media and the “Maslow pyramid” of journalistic needs in Central and Eastern Europe (Péter Bajomi-Lázár)
• The illusion of pluralism. Regulatory aspects of equality in the new media (Judit Bayer)
• The missing link. Blind spots in Europe’s local and regional news provision (Leen d’HaenensWillem Joris, Quint Kik)
• Transforming the news media. Overcoming old and new gender inequalities (Claudia Padovani, Karin Raeymaeckers, Sara De Vuyst)
• Invisible children. Inequalities in the provision of screen content for children (Jeanette Steemers)
• New forms of the digital divide (Elena Vartanova, Anna Gladkova)
• Information and news inequalities (Tristan Mattelart,Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, Josef Trappel)
• Why free news matters for social inequality. Comparing willingness to pay for news in the Nordic region (Hallvard Moe)
• Representation, participation and societal well-being. Addressing inequality in agency in Europe (Aukse Balcytiene, Kristina Juraite)
• Towards a policy for digital capitalism? (Werner A. Meier)
• Contributors