Dynamics of power in contemporary media policy-making

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 907-923

  Freedman, Des ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free market; Government; Media policy; Media regulation; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750036723     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443706068923     Document Type: Article

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