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One thing is constant among most countries: public broadcast annoying everyone who owns a TV, extorting a tax for their usually very mediocre produce. But why is this so?

This book, published by the University of Cambridge, starts by looking at the media landscape of the past, breaking it into three distinct models.

Model number one is dubbed the “Polarized Pluralist Model”, and describes the media systems seen in mediterranean states such as Italy. Next up is the “Democratic Corporatist Model”, which is prevalent in most of continental Europe. Finally, the US “liberal” model is introduced.

After this introduction, the book moves on to differentiating the models in dimensions such as political influence, government subsidies and amount of unionization of staff. Even though these chapters do get a bit repetitive, they contain loads of interesting anecdotes which give extra food for thought.

A final chapter “rounds off” the tome by looking at what the future will hold for the various European media systems discussed.

From a text point of view, the book is – like most universitarian literature – too long for my taste. Nevertheless, it remains readable even for non-native speakers and contains quite a few interesting tables:

This book is ideal for all those who ever had to deal with public broadcasting and/or wonder how the news gets to their doorstep (and live in Canada, the USA or Western Europe) – the price of 30$ is ok.

P.S. The introduction is available in PDF form for free…

One thing is constant among most countries: public broadcast annoying everyone who owns a TV, extorting a tax for their usually very mediocre produce. But why is this so? This book, published by the University of Cambridge, starts by looking at the media landscape of the past, breaking it into three distinct models. Model number ...

MobileFun can very well be considered the go-to point for all things Samsung – not only do they sell Samsung Galaxy S2 cases for the top-of-the-line Android phone – they also cover bada-powered Samsung devices which are ignored by many other retailers.

Our case arrived in a small parcel via regular mail – no transport damages, no nuissances re delivery:

Unpacking the parcel presented the actual box, which came in a PVC satchet for protection:

Inside the case, the usual components can be found: case and – to make life easier for mobile phone thiefs – a belt clip:

Getting the Samsung Wave in was relatively easy:

Once inside, the device stayed fully operational:

The case is well-designed and does not get in the way of the side keys of the device:

Headphones can stay plugged in even when the case is closed:

Unfortunately, accessing the camera is a slight nuissance – I prefer cutouts to the “bend to flip” solution used here:

Finally, two shots showing the device in its case:

In the end, the price of 21 GBP is humane – if you have a Samsung Wave, this case will do a good job at keeping it safe. The minor nuissance of the flip back is not a problem – that is, unless you happen to use the camera excessively…

MobileFun can very well be considered the go-to point for all things Samsung - not only do they sell Samsung Galaxy S2 cases for the top-of-the-line Android phone - they also cover bada-powered Samsung devices which are ignored by many other retailers. Our case arrived in a small parcel via regular mail - no ...