Media Pluralism and Diversity: Concepts, Risks and Global Trends (Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business)

Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media pluralism. In the western world, a diverse and pluralistic media landscape is deemed essential for democracy. But how universal is media pluralism as a concept underpinning media policies? To what extent do normative approaches, regulatory dimensions and monitoring systems differ throughout the world? Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity advances our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media pluralism. It identifies common challenges for media pluralism policies in the light of a fast changing media environment. The book is unique in that it confronts insights from all parts of the world and from a broad range of disciplines including law, economics, media studies, and sociology "Cover"--"Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "A Global Perspective on Media Pluralism and Diversity: Introduction" -- "Part I Media Pluralism in Europe: Conceptualization and Dimensions in the European Media Pluralism Monitor" -- "1 New Media Ecology: Reconceptualizing Media Pluralism" -- "2 The Dimension of Ownership and Control of Media" -- "3 Pluralism of Media Types and Media Genres" -- "4 Cultural and Geographical Dimensions of Media Pluralism" -- "5 Political Pluralism in the Media" -- "6 Indicators for Media Pluralism" -- "Part II Media Pluralism across the Globe: Comparative Perspectives on the European Media Pluralism Monitor" -- "7 Assessing Media Diversity in the U.S.: A Comparative Analysis of the FCCâ#x80;#x99;s Diversity Index and the EUâ#x80;#x99;s Media Pluralism Monitor" -- "8 How to Conceptualize Media Pluralization in China?" -- "9 Incredible India!: Media Pluralism amidst Unity in Diversity" -- "10 Media Pluralism in Russia: In Need of Policy Making" -- "11 Latin American Media: The Challenges to Pluralism" -- "12 Media Diversity in Egypt: Monitoring Newspapers and Talk Shows During the First Post- Revolution Parliamentary Elections" -- "13 Pluralism with Little Diversity: The South African Experience of Media Transformation" -- "14 Reviewing Media Pluralism in Australia" -- "15 The Ongoing Media Pluralism Debate in South Korea" -- "Part III Media Pluralism 2.0: Future Challenges and Critical Perspectives" -- "16 The Limits of Empirical Indicators: Media Pluralism as an Essentially Contested Concept" -- "17 Why Ownership Pluralism Still Matters in a Multi- Platform World" -- "18 Bright- Line versus Responsive Regulation: Some Thoughts from the United Kingdom" -- "19 Media Pluralism Policies from the User Perspective." 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