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Overview
The digital revolution is transforming media and communications industries worldwide, and media companies are keen to emerge at the forefront of an increasingly transnational and competitive communications marketplace. However, the volume and scale of mergers and alliances involving media players has raised considerable challenges for regulators and state authorities alike.
Synopsis
Tracing the development of media ownership policies in the UK and Europe since the early 1990s, Doyle (film and media studies, U. of Stirling, UK) asks whether sufficient safeguards have been put in place to encourage media plurality. Citing political, cultural, and economic reasons for promoting plurality, she examines the winners and losers of shifts in ownership and cross-ownership policies. A significant chunk of the text concentrates on UK regulation, specifically the 1996 Broadcasting Act and the recommendations of the 2000 White Papers on communications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Tracing the development of media ownership policies in the UK and Europe since the early 1990s, Doyle (film and media studies, U. of Stirling, UK) asks whether sufficient safeguards have been put in place to encourage media plurality. Citing political, cultural, and economic reasons for promoting plurality, she examines the winners and losers of shifts in ownership and cross-ownership policies. A significant chunk of the text concentrates on UK regulation, specifically the 1996 Broadcasting Act and the recommendations of the 2000 White Papers on communications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)