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Towards a market in broadcasting : communications policy in the UK and Germany
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Towards a market in broadcasting : communications policy in the UK and Germany / Christian Potschka.
ISBN
9780230298613 (hardback)
0230298613 (hardback)
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description
xv, 331 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Acomparative analysis of the evolution of UK and German broadcasting policies, adding to the developing area of comparative research on media and communications policy. The book focuses on processes of marketization and liberalization as they have affected policy-making, national regulatory frameworks and media structures"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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A Note on Language and Terminology
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
PART I: INTRODUCTION, THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Theorezing Broadcasting Marketization
The Logic of Comparison
PART II: DEVELOPMENTS AND TRANSITIONS IN BRITISH BROADCASTING
From the Origins of Broadcasting to the Postwar Period (1920-45)
Welfare State and Broadcasting Duopoly (1945-55)
Social Demoratic Consensus and BBC2 (1955-64)
A Changing Society (1964-79)
The Turn to Market-Driven Politics (1979-90)
From Broadcasting to Communications Policy (1990-2003)
Ofcom, Public Value and Beyond (2003 onwards)
PART III: DEVELOPMENTS AND TRANSITIONS IN GERMAN BROADCASTING
From the Origins of Broadcasting to the Postwar Period (1920-45)
From Partial Sovereignty towards Independence (1945-55)
Federal Government vs. La;nder: The Battle for Broadcasting (1955-69)
From Public Oligopoly to Commercial Competition (1970-82)
The Start of Commercial Broadcasters / Competition (1982-89)
Reunification and Consolidation (1990-2004)
Centralized Governance, the Three Step Test and Beyond (2004 onwards)
PART IV: ASSESSING THE DYNAMICS OF BROADCASTING REGULATIONIN THE UK AND GERMANY
Interdependencies between Public and Private Sector
Centralization vs. Federalism: Implications and Responses
The Market and the State
Policy-Making, Continuity and Change
Appendix 1: Interviews and Correspondence
Appendix 2: Short Biographies of Interviewees
Bibliography
Index.
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