On media concentration and the diversity question

Information Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-204

  Horwitz, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Communications; Concentration; Diversity; FCC; First Amendment; Media corporations; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644460085     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240490951908     Document Type: Article

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