C54. Rice, R. E. (2008).
Central
concepts in media ownership research and regulation. In R. E. Rice
(Ed.)
Media
ownership: Research and regulation (pp.
3-28). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton P
ress.Trends and developments in
social values, political ideologies, media policies, economic
conditions,
globalization, media technologies, and telecommunications networks,
have all
interacted to generate significant changes in the nature of media
industries,
production, content, distribution, exhibition, and use. This book
considers a
wide variety of perspectives on one of those developments: changes in
and
consequences of media ownership, concentration, and conglomeration.
This
chapter highlights some of the central concepts in this debate, and
some of the
major perspectives and arguments of the contributors to this book.
Introduction;
Motivation and Context; Media Ownership Limits; Concerns:
Concentration,
Impacts, and Influence; The Market Model and the Public Sphere Model;
Conclusion; References.
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