Free to Hate

Martin Marinos is an assistant professor in the Department of Film Production and Media Studies at Penn State University.

“A thorough and well-researched history of postsocialist media transformation in Bulgaria that has a great deal of relevance for understanding the relationship between right-wing populism and commercialization in Europe and worldwide.”--AnikÓ Imre, author of TV Socialism “An original interpretation of the role of the media in the rise of populism, drawing on the political economy tradition of media and communication research. High-quality interviews and on-site fieldwork add originality and significance to the book.”--Sabina Mihelj, coauthor of Media Systems to Media Cultures: Understanding Socialist Television

• Acknowledgments List of AbbreviationsIntroduction Social Justice Journalism and Cultural Enlightenment: Socialist Humanist Media After Stalin Media and the Post-1989 Anti-Communist Hegemony “The Language of the People”: The Tabloidization and Monopolization of the Post-Socialist Press “Commercial Television with a Public Role”: Nationalism, Mediatized Social Responsibility and the Porous Border Between Political and Media Populism Media Concentration and Right-Wing Populism’s Love/Hate Relationship with the Media Labor, Money, and the “Populist” in Right-Wing Populist Media Conclusion NotesBibliographyIndex