Communication Policies and the Protection of Pluralism in the European Union and the United States

This article describes and analyses the regulatory frameworks and the current pluralism protection policies in the United States and several countries of the European Union (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain). The data obtained allowed a qualitative assessment to...

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Autores: Bas, J.J. (Juan José)|||/items/0228c21f-ecef-4c2e-9c1d-f4f94c2d78c7, Segovia, A.I. (Ana I.)|||/items/7b3d555f-f047-4a0a-8dc0-0c0d0d8daa5f, Llorens, C. (Carles)|||/items/acb1b874-9e55-4fbd-9e4c-4fcfa65f0a6d, Almirón, N. (Núria)|||/items/435e1c63-736e-45d7-810b-d3c7a165c5ce, Grau, H.P. (Helena P.)|||/items/bcb8cf9e-f775-4a79-bafa-6c79225539a3, Suárez-Candel, R. (Roberto)|||/items/d95a8828-6770-4b23-a357-83ce44e577ae
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/27278
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/27278
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Communication policies
Pluralism
Audience concentration
United States
European Union
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Sumario:This article describes and analyses the regulatory frameworks and the current pluralism protection policies in the United States and several countries of the European Union (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain). The data obtained allowed a qualitative assessment to be carried out, through a comparative analysis, in order to identify certain similarities and some significant differences. Thus, it was found that pluralism protection is a common denominator in the communication policies of these countries. However, regulatory and legislative differences depend on social, geographical and media contexts, and time variations in the application of policies depend on audiovisual media market liberalisation processes.