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"Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media plur ... more

"This chapter explores the South African experience in attempting to achieve a more diverse and representative media that articulate the aspirations of the country, after decades of apartheid which skewed the media towards white people. South Africa has not developed a diversity measurement tool, su ... more

"Leading researchers from different regions of Europe and the United States address five major interrelated themes: 1) how ideological and normative constructs gave way to empirical systematic comparative work in media research; 2) the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions and the e ... more

"The two main questions of the research were as follows. To what degree are PSBs in the five selected Southeast European countries ready to meet the new challenges? What actions and policies are needed to ensure the existence and development of public service TV programming in a digital environment? ... more

Media Pluralism and Diversity: Concepts, Risks and Global Trends

Pluralism with Little Diversity: The South African Experience of Media Transformation

Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives

Public Service Television in the Digital Age: Strategies and Opportunities in Five South-East European Countries

Finding the Right Place on the Map: Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective

Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East-Central Europe

The Difficult Birth of the Fourth Estate: Media Development and Democracy Assistance in the Post-Conflict Balkans