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Television and press systems in Western Europe are currently undergoing revolutionary changes, raising profound questions for public policy. This comparative, textbook analysis explores how mass media systems across Europe have been shaped by technology, economics and politics.

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Press freedom, the free market and the development of the modern press; press freedom and its limits - the state, the law and the private individual; press concentration in western Europe; European public service broadcasting systems; the "new media" and broadcasting deregulation in western Europe; market trends - internationalization, media-concentration and cross-media ownership; the impact of deregulation on programme services and the policy implications; the European Community and pan-European broadcasting.

Mass Media and Media Policy in Western E European

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 3/28/1996 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719031977, 978-0719031977
    ISBN10: 0719031974
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Television and press systems in Western Europe are currently undergoing revolutionary changes, raising profound questions for public policy. This comparative, textbook analysis explores how mass media systems across Europe have been shaped by technology, economics and politics.

    Table of Contents
    Press freedom, the free market and the development of the modern press; press freedom and its limits - the state, the law and the private individual; press concentration in western Europe; European public service broadcasting systems; the "new media" and broadcasting deregulation in western Europe; market trends - internationalization, media-concentration and cross-media ownership; the impact of deregulation on programme services and the policy implications; the European Community and pan-European broadcasting.

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