"Media concentration has been an issue around the world. To some observers the power of large corporations has never been higher. To others, the Internet has brought openness and diversity. What perspective is correct? The answer has significant implications for politics, business, culture, regulati
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on, and innovation. It addresses a highly contentious subject of public debate in many countries around the world. In this discussion, one side fears the emergence of media empires that can sway public opinion and endanger democracy. The other side believes the Internet has opened media to unprecedented diversity and worries about excessive regulation by government. Strong opinions and policy advocates abound on each side, yet a lack of quantitative research across time, media industries, and countries undermines these positions. This book moves beyond the rhetoric of free media and free markets to provide a dispassionate and data-driven analysis of global media ownership trends and their drivers. The book covers thirteen media industries, including television, newspapers, book publishing, film, search engines, ISPs, wireless telecommunication, and others across a 10- to 25-year period in thirty countries. After examining these countries, this book offers comparisons and analysis across industries, regions, companies, and development levels. It calculates overall national concentration trends beyond specific media industries, the market share of individual companies in the overall national media sector, and the size and trends of transnational companies in overall global media." (Publisher description)
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"L'auteur entame ses réflexions en examinant les possibilités de formation offerte aux réalisateurs des émissions radiophoniques rurales et sur la coopération nécessaire qu'ils doivent entretenir avec les éducateurs — Il plaide ensuite pour l'organisation de services nationaux de radio édu
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cative." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1394, topic code 210.331.12)
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"Mettre la radio au service de l'éducation des adultes dans les zones rurales, telle a été l'une des principales tâches de l'Unesco - Une méthode a été mise au point au Canada, celle de la tribune radiophonique rurale - Elle fut utilisée en Inde - Le présent ouvrage relate comment on est pa
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ssé du stade expérimental à l'action d'envergure dans l'Inde pour la préparation de campagnes similaires en Afrique ou ailleurs - La première partie comme le titre l'indique est consacrée à l'extension de la tribune radiophonique rurale à toute l'Inde, tandis que la seconde traite de la formation des spécialistes de la radiodiffusion en Afrique." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 272, topic code 210.330)
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"The authors start by examining the possibilities of training offered to producers of rural radio programmes and the cooperation which is necessary between producers and educationists — They then put the case for the organisation of national educational radio services." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelf
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attah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1395, topic code 252.0)
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