Rethinking Media Pluralism

Kari Karppinen

Published by Fordham University Press 2013

Rethinking Media Pluralism

Kari Karppinen

In the series Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823245154

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Contents

About this book

The book examines different ways in which the concepts of media pluralism and diversity have been theorized and used in media policy debates. Its basic argument is that media pluralism should be understood as a broad normative value that refers to the distribution of communicative power in the public sphere.

Author / Editor information

Karppinen Kari :

Kari Karppinen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Reviews

—Des Freedman:

At a time when references to media pluralism are as common as eulogies to
motherhood and apple pie, Karppinen's claim that pluralism needs to be rescued from its depoliticized, catch-all identity and understood in terms of its ability to challenge inequalities in communicative power ought to be listened to very carefully. This book demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the current media policy environment and, more generally, of theories of power as they relate to policymaking. This stimulating book develops a rigorous framework for understanding pluralism in a way that will challenge concentrations of media power and enhance media democracy.

—Petros Iosifidis:
This publication discusses the conceptualisation of media pluralism from the angle of the democratic and public sphere theories. Specialists and professionals in the field, including media sociology academics and media practitioners, would welcome this publication as it sheds light to the concept of media pluralism that is notoriously difficult to define.

—Natali Helberger:
“Uncertainty or disagreement of how to conceptualize media pluralism is a persistent stumbling block in academic and policy debates. Tackling this difficult issue is an important, brave and necessary exercise, and it is what this book does.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Theorizing Pluralism and the Public Sphere
1. Three Models of Democratic Pluralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. Pluralization and Its Problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3. Towards a Critical Concept of Media Pluralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
PART II. The Politics of Media Pluralism
4. Aspects and Scope of Media Pluralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. Paradoxes of Communicative Abundance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6. Uses of Pluralism in Contemporary Media Policy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Empirical Indicators and the Politics of Criteria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Reference List Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: mass media; media policy; democracy; public sphere; media pluralism; media diversity; communicative power; the European Union

eBook

Published: January 29, 2013
ISBN: 9780823245154