Media Pluralism and Diversity: Concepts, Risks and Global Trends

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
A Global Perspective on Media Pluralism and Diversity: Introduction....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
New Media Ecology: Reconceptualizing Media Pluralism....Pages 23-53
The Dimension of Ownership and Control of Media....Pages 54-66
Pluralism of Media Types and Media Genres....Pages 67-81
Cultural and Geographical Dimensions of Media Pluralism....Pages 82-106
Political Pluralism in the Media....Pages 107-120
Indicators for Media Pluralism....Pages 121-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Assessing Media Diversity in the U.S.: A Comparative Analysis of the FCC’s Diversity Index and the EU’s Media Pluralism Monitor....Pages 141-151
How to Conceptualize Media Pluralization in China?....Pages 152-170
Incredible India!: Media Pluralism amidst Unity in Diversity....Pages 171-192
Media Pluralism in Russia: In Need of Policy Making....Pages 193-210
Latin American Media: The Challenges to Pluralism....Pages 211-225
Media Diversity in Egypt: Monitoring Newspapers and Talk Shows During the First Post-Revolution Parliamentary Elections....Pages 226-236
Pluralism with Little Diversity: The South African Experience of Media Transformation....Pages 237-251
Reviewing Media Pluralism in Australia....Pages 252-266
The Ongoing Media Pluralism Debate in South Korea....Pages 267-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
The Limits of Empirical Indicators: Media Pluralism as an Essentially Contested Concept....Pages 287-296
Why Ownership Pluralism Still Matters in a Multi-platform World....Pages 297-309
Bright-Line versus Responsive Regulation: Some Thoughts from the United Kingdom....Pages 310-324
Media Pluralism Policies from the User Perspective....Pages 325-340
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Search Engines, Pluralism and Diversity: What Is at Stake and How to Move Policy Forward?....Pages 341-357
Back Matter....Pages 358-362