External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views

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, 1967-, Llorens, Carles, Segovia, Ana I., Bas Portero, Juan José, Grau, Helena P., Suárez Candel, Roberto
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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Palabra clave:Pluralism
Regulatory authorities
European Union
United States
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spelling External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' viewsAlmiron, Núria, 1967-Llorens, CarlesSegovia, Ana I.Bas Portero, Juan JoséGrau, Helena P.Suárez Candel, RobertoPluralismRegulatory authoritiesEuropean UnionUnited StatesThe 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.This paper is part of the research project “Pluralism and communication groups in Spain: audience concentration”, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (National RD&I Plan 2009-2011). The first part of the study analyses to what extent and in which way several European countries and the U.S. have set limits on audience reach/concentration as a communication policy instrument aimed at protecting pluralism in a cross-media scenario.Obercom201820182012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/33686reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésObservatorio (OBS*). 2012;6(1):129-57.Copyright © 2012 (Núria Almiron et al). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://obs.obercom.pt.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/336862026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
title External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
spellingShingle External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
Almiron, Núria, 1967-
Pluralism
Regulatory authorities
European Union
United States
title_short External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
title_full External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
title_fullStr External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
title_full_unstemmed External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
title_sort External pluralism protection in five EU countries and the U.S.: the regulatory authorities' views
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Almiron, Núria, 1967-
Llorens, Carles
Segovia, Ana I.
Bas Portero, Juan José
Grau, Helena P.
Suárez Candel, Roberto
author Almiron, Núria, 1967-
author_facet Almiron, Núria, 1967-
Llorens, Carles
Segovia, Ana I.
Bas Portero, Juan José
Grau, Helena P.
Suárez Candel, Roberto
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author2 Llorens, Carles
Segovia, Ana I.
Bas Portero, Juan José
Grau, Helena P.
Suárez Candel, Roberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pluralism
Regulatory authorities
European Union
United States
topic Pluralism
Regulatory authorities
European Union
United States
description 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.
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