External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.

The protection of pluralism in a cross-media scenario is a major concern for regulatory authorities in all democratic countries. This paper presents the outcome of in-depth interviews with members of six independent audiovisual regulatory authorities. They were questioned about the assessment of mea...

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Autores: Almiron, Núria|||0000-0002-2482-0666, Llorens Maluquer, Carles|||0000-0003-4411-5865, Segovia Alonso, Ana Isabel, Bas Portero, Juan José, Puertas Grau, Helena, Suárez Candel, Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:112666
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/112666
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pluralism
Regulatory authorities
European Union
United States
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Sumario:The protection of pluralism in a cross-media scenario is a major concern for regulatory authorities in all democratic countries. This paper presents the outcome of in-depth interviews with members of six independent audiovisual regulatory authorities. They were questioned about the assessment of measures being taken to protect external pluralism in their respective countries, and about the problems and shortcomings they encounter during their implementation. In spite of the difficulties that arise when trying to compare different national realities and to gather qualitative data from legal bodies, this paper draws several conclusions on current policy trends for the protection of pluralism.