Media Ownership
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Media Ownership

The Economics and Politics of Convergence and Concentration in the UK and European Media

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Media Ownership

The Economics and Politics of Convergence and Concentration in the UK and European Media

About this book

The digital revolution is transforming media and communications industries worldwide, and media companies are keen to emerge at the forefront of an increasingly transnational and competitive communications marketplace. However, the volume and scale of mergers and alliances involving media players has raised considerable challenges for regulators and state authorities alike.

Media Ownership:

- Investigates the commercial and strategic advantages of consolidation and cross-media expansion

- Examines the socio-political and cultural implications of media concentration

- Analyzes how policy makers have responded to media concentration and convergence

- Assesses the relationship between media ownership and economic performance

- Looks at the balance of power between politicians and media owners

This book offers an up-to-date critical overview of the contemporary media environment, as such it will be an essential text for all those with an interest in media economics, media policy, media law and management.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Chapter 1 - Introduction
  5. Part I: Why Does Ownership of the Media Matter?
  6. Chapter 2 - Media Concentrations and Pluralism
  7. Chapter 3 - Industrial and Economic Policy Aims
  8. Part II: Economics of Media Concentrations
  9. Chapter 4 - Monomedia Expansion
  10. Chapter 5 - Cross-Media Expansion
  11. Part III: Media Ownership Policy - The UK Case
  12. Chapter 6 - The Development of Regulation and Policy
  13. Chapter 7 - The 1996 Broadcasting Act - An Analysis
  14. Chapter 8 - A New Future for Communications?
  15. Part IV: Media Ownership Policy in Europe
  16. Chapter 9 - Trends and Policy Responses across Europe
  17. Chapter 10 - Towards a Harmonized EU Policy Initiative?
  18. Chapter 11 - Conclusions
  19. References
  20. Index