Print media in post-communist East Central Europe

This article analyses the changes and development of the print media sectors in three post-Communist countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. It examines the main changes which took place post-Communism and the development of the print media sectors during the 1990s. Specifically, changes in relation to the functions of print media production, to media control and to the role of the state are discussed. The general political, economic, social and cultural environment affecting the changes in the print media sectors are also over-viewed. The features of the post-Communist print media sectors are analysed by examining the development of market conditions, ownership, performance and consumption.