Media ownership: the economics and politics of convergence and concentration in the UK and European media
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Main Author: Doyle, Gillian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London SAGE 2002
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-187) and index
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- Media Concentrations and Pluralism; Chapter 3 -- Industrial and Economic Policy Aims; Chapter 4 -- Monomedia Expansion; Chapter 5 -- Cross-Media Expansion; Chapter 6 -- The Development of Regulation and Policy; Chapter 7 -- The 1996 Broadcasting Act -- An Analysis; Chapter 8 -- A New Future for Communications?; Chapter 9 -- Trends and Policy Responses across Europe; Chapter 10 -- Towards a Harmonized EU Policy Initiative?; Chapter 11 -- Conclusions; References; Index
This book offers an up-to-date and timely critical overview of the contemporary media environment. The author: - examines the socio-political and cultural implications of media concentration - analyses how policy makers have responded - investigates the commercial and strategic advantages of consolidation - assesses the relationship between media ownership and economic performance, and - looks at the balance of power between politicians and media owners
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 192 pages)
ISBN:0761966803
0761966811
1412931851
9780761966807
9780761966814
9781412931854

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