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Who owns the media? : competition and concentration in the mass media industry

Author: Benjamin M Compaine; Douglas Gomery
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000.
Series: LEA's communication series.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 3rd edView all editions and formats
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This thorough update to Benjamin Compaine's original 1979 benchmark and 1982 revisit of media ownership tackles the question of media ownership, providing a detailed examination of the current state of the media industry. Retaining the wealth of data of the earlier volumes, Compaine and his co-author Douglas Gomery chronicle the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. They  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Compaine, Benjamin M.
Who owns the media?
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2000
(OCoLC)647363483
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Benjamin M Compaine; Douglas Gomery
ISBN: 0805829350 9780805829358 0805829369 9780805829365
OCLC Number: 43095944
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Who owns the media? / Benjamin M. Compaine ... [et al.]. 2nd ed. 1982.
Description: xxii, 604 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Newspaper industry --
Book publishing industry --
Magazine industry --
Television industries: broadcast, cable, and satellite --
Radio broadcasting and the music industry --
Hollywood film industry: theatrical exhibition, pay TV, and home video --
Online information industry --
Who owns the media companies? --
Interpreting media ownership --
Distinguishing between concentration and competition.
Series Title: LEA's communication series.
Other Titles: Who owns the media?
Responsibility: Benjamin M. Compaine, Douglas Gomery.
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This thorough update to Benjamin Compaine's original 1979 benchmark and 1982 revisit of media ownership tackles the question of media ownership, providing a detailed examination of the current state of the media industry. Retaining the wealth of data of the earlier volumes, Compaine and his co-author Douglas Gomery chronicle the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. They also examine how the media industry is being reshaped by technological forces in all segments, as well as by social and cultural reactions to these forces. This third edition of Who Owns the Media? has been reorganized and expanded, reflecting the evolution of the media industry structure. Looking beyond conventional wisdom and expectations, Compaine and Gomery examine the characteristics of competition in the media marketplace, present alternative positions on the meanings of concentration, and ultimately urge readers to draw their own conclusions on an issue that is neither black nor white. Appropriate for media practitioners and sociologists, historians, and economists studying mass media, this volume can also be used for advanced courses in broadcasting, journalism, mass communication, telecommunications, and media education. As a new benchmark for the current state of media ownership, it is invaluable to anyone needing to understand who controls the media and thus the information and entertainment messages received by media consumers. --Publisher.

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