Peter Gross is professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee and adjunct faculty in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.

“I wish I had written this book. It describes a thesis that can be unanimously shared: ‘Media do not grow up in a vacuum.’ In large part the nature of media systems is shaped by the past and present culture. Peter Gross very convincingly demonstrates this thesis in relationship to the Romanian case.”

• PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Culture and its GuidepostsChapter 3: Culture, Political Culture, Corruption, and TrustChapter 4: Culture, Media, and Political MarketsChapter 5: Values (whose?), Attitudes and Media ProfessionalizationChapter 6: Conclusion – The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?BibliographyAbout the Author

Peter Gross is professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee and adjunct faculty in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.

“I wish I had written this book. It describes a thesis that can be unanimously shared: ‘Media do not grow up in a vacuum.’ In large part the nature of media systems is shaped by the past and present culture. Peter Gross very convincingly demonstrates this thesis in relationship to the Romanian case.”

• PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Culture and its GuidepostsChapter 3: Culture, Political Culture, Corruption, and TrustChapter 4: Culture, Media, and Political MarketsChapter 5: Values (whose?), Attitudes and Media ProfessionalizationChapter 6: Conclusion – The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?BibliographyAbout the Author

Peter Gross is professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee and adjunct faculty in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.

“I wish I had written this book. It describes a thesis that can be unanimously shared: ‘Media do not grow up in a vacuum.’ In large part the nature of media systems is shaped by the past and present culture. Peter Gross very convincingly demonstrates this thesis in relationship to the Romanian case.”

• PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Culture and its GuidepostsChapter 3: Culture, Political Culture, Corruption, and TrustChapter 4: Culture, Media, and Political MarketsChapter 5: Values (whose?), Attitudes and Media ProfessionalizationChapter 6: Conclusion – The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?BibliographyAbout the Author