Media Pluralism and Diversity Concepts, Risks and Global Trends

by Sukosd, Miklos; Picard, Robert; Valcke, Peggy

• ISBN13: 9781137304292
• ISBN10: 1137304294
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-08-11
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In the western world, a diverse and pluralistic media landscape is deemed essential for democracy. But how universal is media pluralism as a concept underpinning media policies? To what extent do normative approaches, regulatory dimensions and monitoring systems differ throughout the world? Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity advances our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media pluralism. It identifies common challenges for media pluralism policies in the light of a fast changing media environment. The book is unique in that it confronts insights from all parts of the world and from a broad range of disciplines including law, economics, media studies, and sociology.

Author Biography

Peggy Valcke is Professor of Law at the University of Leuven (iMinds-ICRI), Part-time Professor at the European University Institute and Visiting Professor at the University of Tilburg. In 2008-2009, she served as project leader for the Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism in the Member States, funded by the European Commission. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom at the RSCAS at EUI. 
 
Miklós Sükösd is Associate Professor at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Previously he held appointments at the University of Hong Kong and Central European University. He also served as Chair of the COST Action East of West: Setting a New Central Eastern European Media Research Agenda.
 
Robert Picard is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute in the Department of Politics and International Relations at University of Oxford, a research fellow at Green Templeton College (Oxford), and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. A specialist in media economics and policy, he is the author and editor of 28 books. He has been editor of the Journal of Media Business Studies and The Journal of Media Economics. Picard received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and has been a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
 
 

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction: A Global Perspective On Media Pluralism And Diversity
PART I: MEDIA PLURALISM IN EUROPE: CONCEPTUALISATION AND DIMENSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN MEDIA PLURALISM MONITOR
1. New Media Ecology: Reconceptualising Media Pluralism; Karol Jakubowicz
2. The Dimension Of Ownership And Control Of Media; Robert Picard And Cinzia Dal Zotto
3. Pluralism Of Media Types And Media Genres; Mihály Gálik And Artemon Vogl
4. Cultural And Geographical Dimensions Of Media Pluralism; Beata Klimkiewicz
5. Political Pluralism In The Media A Product Of Dominant Power Relations In A Society; Sandra Hrvatin and Brankica Petkovic
6. Indicators For Media Pluralism; Peggy Valcke, Robert Picard, Cinzia Dal Zotto, Miklos Sükösd, Aleksandra Kuczerawy and Robin Kerremans
PART II: MEDIA PLURALISM ACROSS THE GLOBE: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE EUROPEAN MEDIA PLURALISM MONITOR
7. Assessing Media Diversity In The U.S.: A Comparative Analysis Of The FCC's Diversity Index And The EU's Media Pluralism Monitor; Philip Napoli
8. How To Conceptualize Media Pluralisation In China?; Miklos Sükösd
9. Incredible India: Media Pluralism Amidst Unity In Diversity; Kiran Prasad
10. Media Pluralism In Russia: In Need Of Policy Making; Elena Vartanova
11. Latin American Media: The Challenges To Pluralism; Manuel Alejandro Guerrero Martínez
12. Media Diversity In Egypt: Monitoring Newspapers And Talk Shows During The First Post-Revolution Parliamentary Elections; Rasha Abdulla
13. Pluralism With Little Diversity: The South African Experience Of Media Transformation; Jane Duncan
14. Reviewing Media Pluralism In Australia; Lesley Hitchens
15. The Ongoing Media Pluralism Debate In South Korea; Sugmin Youn/Hyunwoo Lee
PART III: MEDIA PLURALISM 2.0: FUTURE CHALLENGES AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES
16. The Limits Of Empirical Indicators: Media Pluralism As An Essentially Contested Concept; Kari Karppinen
17. Why Ownership Pluralism Still Matters In A Multi-Platform World; Gillian Doyle
18. Bright-Line Versus Responsive Regulation: Some Thoughts From The United Kingdom; Rachael Craufurd Smith
19. Media Pluralism Policies From The User Perspective; Natali Helberger
20. Search Engines, Pluralism And Diversity: What Is At Stake And How To Move Policy Forward?; Joris Van Hoboken