Oluf Hultén, Sune Tjernström & Stefan Melesko: Media Mergers and the Defence of Pluralism, Göteborg, Sweden: Nordicom, 2010
2013; Society of Media Researchers In Denmark; Volume: 29; Issue: 55 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7146/mediekultur.v29i55.9726
ISSN1901-9726
Autores Tópico(s)Globalization, Economics, and Policies
ResumoAnyone wanting to understand how companies like Schibsted, in Norway, and Bonnier, in Sweden, developed as media conglomerates in the 2000s and how national authorities in vain tried to stop the market driven process, in fear that concentration of ownership might harm democracy, should read this volume.It contains a number of high-quality articles written by scholars and professionals who have been close to the process of media mergers and acquisitions in Northern Europe since the 1970s, who know the arguments and who have the intellectual capacity to challenge the concepts.The authors evaluate the situation differently and some authors are more concerned about the future than others, but they all seem to share the normative idea that an informed public is essential for a modern society to function.With the words of Lou Lichtenberg, who was managing director of The Netherlands Press Fund from 1974-2011:The media policy debates in our country start from the notion that the freedom of speech, being of fundamental importance to the social, economic, cultural and political development of each individual in society, consists not only of a freedom to express and distribute one's opinion, but also a freedom of information, the right to receive a wide and diverse range of information.Therefore, public freedom should encompass more than just the freedom to express views or to cancel a newspaper subscription.To guarantee real freedom of information, communication, speech and press freedom it was desired that in addition to this passive, defensive position, the government should be more active and create the con-
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