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The Dimension of Ownership and Control of Media

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Media Pluralism and Diversity

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Concerns over ownership of media and their effects on pluralism first arose in the late nineteenth century with the development of politically active press barons in the United Kingdom and the United States, but ownership did not become a policy issue in most countries until choice about ownership of broadcasting emerged in the first half of the twentieth century.

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  1. Robert G. Picard
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  2. Cinzia Dal Zotto
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

    Peggy Valcke

  2. University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Miklós Sükösd

  3. University of Oxford, UK

    Robert G. Picard

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Picard, R.G., Zotto, C.D. (2015). The Dimension of Ownership and Control of Media. In: Valcke, P., Sükösd, M., Picard, R.G. (eds) Media Pluralism and Diversity. Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137304308_3

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