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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818008403321

Titolo

Media between culture and commerce / / edited by Els de Bens ; co-editors, Cees Hamelink ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, IL, : Intellect Books, 2007

ISBN

1-281-18734-8

9786611187347

1-84150-978-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Changing media--changing Europe series ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

BensEls de

HamelinkCees J. <1940->

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Economic aspects

Mass media and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1: Media Between Culture and Commerce: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Media Diversity, Competition and Concentration: Concepts and Theories; Chapter 3: Measuring and Assessing Empirical Media Diversity: Some European Cases; Chapter 4: Toward Easy-to-Measure Media Diversity Indicators; Chapter 5: Public Service Broadcasting: A Pawn on an Ideological Chessboard; Chapter 6: Financing Public Service Broadcasters in the New Era; Chapter 7: Public Service Broadcasting and New Technologies: Marginalisation or Re-Monopolisation

Chapter 8: Looking to the FutureChapter 9: Media Governance Structures in Europe; Chapter 10: Towards Democratic Media Governance; References; Biographies; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the consequences of the main changes the media have undergone over the last 10 years: increasing commercialisation, concentration, convergence and internationalisation. The contributors reflect on the debate and the concern about the role of the media in a rapidly changing society. All contributions have been written originally for this volume and have not been published elsewhere. Contributors include eighteen academics from fifteen European countries, all of



them experts in media research. The book is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in communication sc