This fourth volume in the Northern Lights series brings into focus central aspects of recent developments in European film and media culture. Through studies of both film and television the question of national identity, European integration and globalization is analyzed in a both Eastern and Western European context. European Film and Media Culture offers case studies of the more historical and institutional context of European film, studies of European television drama, childrens television, television entertainment formats, and comparative studies of European art cinema / art television and American films and television serials. -- Northern Lights is an annual publication dedicated to studies of film and media. Each yearbook is devoted to a specific theme, covering the full range of mediafrom film and television, the press and radio, to the internet and other computer media. Northern Lights reflects the research activities of the Department of Film and Media Studies at the Univers