Mass media and media policy in Western Europe

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Pub. Date: 1996-03-28
Publisher(s): Manchester University Press
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Summary

This comparative, textbook analysis explores how television and press systems across Europe have been shaped by technology, economics and politics. The author explores the implications of the commercialisation of national broadcasting systems, and the media policies of the European Union in the age of transfrontier media operations.

Table of Contents

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Preface and acknowledgements
Introductionp. 1
Press freedom, the free market and the development of the modern pressp. 18
Press freedom and its limits: the state, the law and the private individualp. 43
Press concentration in Western Europep. 66
European public-service broadcasting systemsp. 111
The new media and broadcasting deregulation in Western Europep. 159
Market trends: internationalisation, media concentration and cross-media ownershipp. 199
The impact of deregulation on programme services and the policy implicationsp. 229
The European Community and pan-European broadcastingp. 256
Conclusionp. 297
Bibliographyp. 314
Indexp. 328
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