Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Structure and layout
Chapter 2 Determining what is news
2.1 Introduction
2.2 News and the construction of reality
2.3 Identifying the media system
2.4 The issue of size
2.5 Conclusions
Chapter 3 The roots of a polarised media system
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The political context
3.3 Historical roots of Maltese media
3.4 Contextualising journalism in present-day Malta
3.5 Media in present-day Malta
3.6 Comparative media usage
3.7 Electoral campaigning
3.8 Conclusions
Chapter 4 Being an outsider: Malta Today
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Ownership of Malta Today
4.3 Organisational structure and routines
4.4 The Culture of Malta Today
4.5 External pressures
4.6 Malta Today coverage of the 2017 electoral campaign
4.7 Conclusions
Chapter 5 TVM, the publics news service
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Ownership and historical positioning
5.3 Organisat
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