Central European Journal of Communication Volume 2 | No 1 (2)| Spring 2009 he oicial Journal of the Polish Communication Association Editor: Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska Guest editor: Karol Jakubowicz 5 Editor’s introduction: he highways and byways of “Europeanization” in the media Karol Jakubowicz Normative, legal and institutional framework 15 he inluence of the Council of Europe and other European institutions on the media law system in post-Soviet states Andrei Richter 27 Bulgarian media policy and law: How much Europeanization Nelly Ognyanova 43 Formation of Estonian broadcasting landscape 1994–2007: Experience of the transition state. Impact of the EU legislation on the Estonian television broadcasting since mid 1990s Andres Jõesaar 63 Of Polish politicians and (their) media. he pursuit of regulatory agency inde- pendence in Polish media law and practice Marcin Ożóg 83 he country of origin principle and competition among national regulatory régimes in East Central Europe Gábor Polyák and Gergely László Szőke 99 he impact of democratic condition- ality on policy-making in Turkey: Minor- ity rights and the politics of broadcast regulation Burcu Sümer Market and media trends 115 he Romanian media market: Juridi- cal and economic aspects Andra Seceleanu 133 On the way to dumbing down… he case of Central Europe Angelika W. Wyka 149 EU structural funds’ publicity and the practice of journalism and public relations in Lithuania Laima Nevinskaitė Digital switchover 167 Digital switchover in Hungary. Euro- pean policies and national circum- stances Márk Lengyel 197 EU regulatory framework and the political economy of terrestrial digital- isation in Slovakia Branislav Ondrášik 211 Contributors’ biographies