Media Ownership Research and Regulation

Trends and developments in social values, political ideologies, media policies, economic conditions, globalization, media technologies, and telecommunications networks have all interacted to generate significant changes in the nature of media industries, production, content, distribution, exhibition, and use. This book considers a wide variety of interdisciplinary discussion and analysis of historical, legal, cultural, policy, research, professional, oppositional and ethical perspectives on the media ownership question.