Media pluralism and the overlapping instruments needed to achieve it

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Collins, Richard ^a   Cave, Martin ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics of media; International Communications; Internet; Media ownership; Policy and law (media systems); Public service broadcasting

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING REVENUES; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDIA OWNERSHIP; MEDIA SYSTEMS; POLICY INITIATIVES; PUBLIC-SERVICE BROADCASTING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 84875468254     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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