Title: Rethinking media pluralism /
Authors: Karppinen, Kari.
Publisher: Fordham University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mass media Political aspects Europe.; Mass media policy Political aspects Europe.; Multiculturalism Europe; Mass media policy Europe.
Abstract: Contends that the notions of media pluralism and diversity have been reduced to empty catchphrases or conflated with consumer choice and market competition.
Contents: Introduction -- Theorizing pluralism and the public sphere. Three models of democratic pluralism -- Pluralization and its problems -- Toward a critical concept of media pluralism -- The politics of media pluralism. Aspects and scope of media pluralism -- Paradoxes of communicative abundance -- Uses of pluralism in contemporary media policy -- Empirical indicators and the politics of criteria -- Conclusion.