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1. Introduction
2. Media ownership and democracy
3. Historical experience
4. Hugenberg's influence
5. Media and totalitarianism
6. Government policy
7. Impact on journalism
8. Media concentration
9. Theory and practice
10. Case study 1: Silvio Berlusconi (1)
11. Case study 1: Silvio Berlusconi (2)
12. Berlusconi: further reading
13. Case study 2: Rupert Murdoch
14. Murdoch: media power and political power
15. Economic and political dominance
16. UK policy on media ownership
17. The challenge of convergence
18. Andrew Knight's quotation
19. Local and regional newspapers
20. Local newspapers and democracy
21. New media
22. The dominance of Google
23. Conclusions

Topics Covered

• Why rules on media ownership are seen as an essential component of democracy
• Theoretical perspectives
• Negative example: the role of the media in Nazi Germany
• Contemporary experiences and case studies: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation
• Silvio Berlusconi and Italian media and politics
• Are rules on media ownership irrelevant in the age of the internet and digital plenitude?
• Threats to traditional media from rise of internet

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Series:

• Journalism

Categories:

• Global Business Management

Bite-size Case Studies:

• Silvio Berlusconi: the businessman who became prime minister
• Rupert Murdoch: integrating media and political power

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Publication History

• Published on May 23, 2010
• Archived on April 12, 2022