| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 1412 pages) |
| Contents |
Part One. Introduction and overview: Introduction -- Project organization and methodology -- Part Two. Media concentration around the world : country studies: Europe: Belgium / Peggy Valcke, Jo Groebel, and Moritz Bittner -- Finland / Mikko Grönlund -- France / Patrick-Yves Badillo, Dominique Bourgeois, and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd -- Germany / Julia Bösch, Max-Josef Meiser, Philipp Rösch-Schlanderer, and Achim Ekkehard Henning Wolf -- Ireland / Roddy Flynn and Paschal Preston -- Italy / Giuseppe Richeri and Benedetta Prario -- The Netherlands / Joost van Dreunen -- Portugal / Paulo Fastino -- Russia / Elena Vartanova -- Spain / Juan P. Artero and Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero -- Sweden / Robert G. Picard, Mart Ots, and Madison Forsander -- Switzerland / Patrick-Yves Badillo and Dominique Bourgeois -- Turkey / Hüseyin Kemal Bayazit -- United Kingdom / Petros Iosifidis -- North America: Canada / Dwayne Winseck -- United States / Eli Noam -- Latin America: Argentina / Guillermo Mastrini, Ana Bizberge, and Martín Becerra -- Brazil / Sonia Virginia Moreira -- Chile / Segio Godoy E. -- Mexico / Juan Enrique Huerta Wong and Rodrigo Gómez García -- Asia-Pacific: Australia / Franco Papandrea and Rodney Tiffen -- China / Min Hang -- India / Anuradha Bhattacharjee, Liwei Wang, and Tapasya Banerjee -- Japan / Kiyoshi Nakamura, Teruaki Asari, Yoshiharu Ichikawa, Koichiro Hayashi, Hajime Yamada, and Sho Yamaguchi -- South Korea / Daeho Kim and Seongcheol Kim -- Taiwan / Yu-li Liu, Yuntsai Chou, Kuo-feng Tseng, Ru-Shou Robert Chen, Yi-hsuan Chiang, and Ping-Hung Chen -- Middle East and Africa: Egypt / Nagla Rizk -- Israel / Amit M. Schejter and Moran Yemini -- South Africa / George Angelopulo and Petrus H. Potgieter -- Part Three. Summaries and analysis: National media concentrations compared -- European trends / Patrick-Yves Badillo, Dominique Bourgeois, and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd -- Media industries in international comparison -- The world's major media companies -- The owners of the world's media -- Analysis of media concentration -- Findings |
| Summary |
This publication moves beyond the rhetoric of free media and free markets to provide a dispassionate and data-driven analysis of global media ownership trends and their drivers. Based on an extensive data collection effort from scholars around the world, it covers 13 media industries, including television, newspapers, book publishing, film, search engines, ISPs, and wireless telecommunication, across a 10-25 year period in 30 countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Ownership
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Mass media -- Economic aspects
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Telecommunication -- Ownership
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Telecommunication -- Economic aspects
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Mass media -- Economic aspects
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Mass media -- Ownership
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Telecommunication -- Economic aspects
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Massenmedien
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Medienwirtschaft
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Eigentum
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Marktanteil
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Unternehmenskonzentration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Noam, Eli M., editor
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| ISBN |
9780199987245 |
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0199987246 |
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9780190210182 |
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0190210184 |
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