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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kari Karppinen |
ISBN: | 9780823245123 0823245128 9780823245130 0823245136 |
OCLC Number: | 839975886 |
Description: | IX, 239 Seiten. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Theorizing pluralism and the public sphere. Three models of democratic pluralism -- Pluralization and its problems -- Toward a critical concept of media pluralism -- The politics of media pluralism. Aspects and scope of media pluralism -- Paradoxes of communicative abundance -- Uses of pluralism in contemporary media policy -- Empirical indicators and the politics of criteria -- Conclusion. |
Series Title: | Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series |
Responsibility: | Kari Karppinen. |
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"Uncertainty or disagreement of how to conceptualize media pluralism is a persistent stumbling block in academic and policy debates. Tackling this difficult issue is an important, brave and necessary exercise, and it is what this book does." -- -Natali Helberger Institute for Information Law "This publication discusses the conceptualisation of media pluralism from the angle of the democratic and public sphere theories. Specialists and professionals in the field, including media sociology academics and media practitioners, would welcome this publication as it sheds light to the concept of media pluralism that is notoriously difficult to define." -- -Petros Iosifidis City University London "At a time when references to media pluralism are as common as eulogies to motherhood and apple pie, Karppinen's claim that pluralism needs to be rescued from its depoliticized, catch-all identity and understood in terms of its ability to challenge inequalities in communicative power ought to be listened to very carefully. This book demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the current media policy environment and, more generally, of theories of power as they relate to policymaking. This stimulating book develops a rigorous framework for understanding pluralism in a way that will challenge concentrations of media power and enhance media democracy." -- -Des Freedman author of The Politics of Media Policy Read more...

