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National broadcasting corporations are instruments of mass media and also bureaucratic-type organisations. In both capacities they are of major importance for the distribution of power in a democracy. My own interest in broadcasting stems from my interest in bureaucracy and its strategic but problematic role in a democratic regime. For this, the role of the national public broadcasting corporation furnishes an apt example.
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Etzioni-Halevy, E. (1987). Framework of the Analysis. In: National Broadcasting Under Siege. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09077-8_1
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