CONTENTS Overview I 1 Media's Mandate in a Democracy 1 Nirmala Rao Khadpekar 2 Building Our Media: Community Broadcasting, Social Movements and Media Democratization 8 Robert A Hackett and William K Carrol! 3 Democracy, Development, Peace and Communication : An Overview of their Roles and Interaction 21 Dov Shinar 4 Structural and Social Forces Restricting Media News Content in Democracies : A Critical Perspective 39 Gregg A Payne 5 BOOK REVIEW Media in New Democracies: Agents for Change or Beneficiaries of Change? 50 Sallie Hughes 6 Democracy in the Media Society Changing Media Structures - Changing Political Communication? 57 Jens Lucht and Linards Udris 7 Media and Judicial Activism 65 Shilcha Singh 8 e-Democracy in Australia : The Challenge of Evolving a Successful Model 72 Jenny Backhouse 9 Democracy of, in and through Communication: Struggles Around Public Service in Canada in the First Half of the Twentieth Century 91 Patricia Mazepa 10 Media in the New Political Order 112 Dorji Wangchuk 11 Media Use in Estonia: Trends and Patterns 134 Pester Vihalemm Index 155