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Acknowledgments
Special thanks are due to Uwe Hasebrink, who has seen this project develop from the start and has provided many insights, enlightening comments, and guidance for many years, even over a distance. I would like to thank Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Juliet Lodge, Irene Neverla, Anja Herzog, Claudia Lampert, Zizi Papacharissi, Alan Rubin, and Michael Brüggemann for their valuable contributions to this study. Many thanks, also, to all the participants who took part in this study and shared their views on this matter.
Last but not least, thank you to my family and friends for their support.