Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Helena
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Silva, Elsa Costa e
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/29886
Resumo: Since the abolition of the 50-years old authoritarian regime in Portugal in the mid-1970s, political discourses and legal texts have incorporated media diversity as a fundamental democratic value. The 1976 Constitution prohibited cross-media concentration and subsequent media legislation contemplated pluralism as a vital societal dimension. This recognition however has always been expressed in vague and inoperative terms as no government has ever had a real interest in preventing concentration of media ownership and in guaranteeing broadcasting content diversity. In an ever fragile political environment, governments have either promoted ‘friendly’ media groups or, fearing adverse reaction, abstained to act against the perceived interests of the established ones. Taking advantage of the smallness of the country, media owners have efficiently argued that scale was necessary to maintain the media in national hands, and that concentration in itself was a guarantee of media content diversity. The ‘foreign enemy’ argument has served both the interests of successive governments and domestic multimedia groups.
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spelling Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in PortugalMedia policyMedia regulationMedia governanceSmall statesMedia contentDiversityPluralismPortugalPolíticasMediaRegulaçãoGovernaçãoEstadoConteúdoDiversidadePluralismoCiências Sociais::Ciências da ComunicaçãoSince the abolition of the 50-years old authoritarian regime in Portugal in the mid-1970s, political discourses and legal texts have incorporated media diversity as a fundamental democratic value. The 1976 Constitution prohibited cross-media concentration and subsequent media legislation contemplated pluralism as a vital societal dimension. This recognition however has always been expressed in vague and inoperative terms as no government has ever had a real interest in preventing concentration of media ownership and in guaranteeing broadcasting content diversity. In an ever fragile political environment, governments have either promoted ‘friendly’ media groups or, fearing adverse reaction, abstained to act against the perceived interests of the established ones. Taking advantage of the smallness of the country, media owners have efficiently argued that scale was necessary to maintain the media in national hands, and that concentration in itself was a guarantee of media content diversity. The ‘foreign enemy’ argument has served both the interests of successive governments and domestic multimedia groups.(undefined)SAGE PublicationsUniversidade do MinhoSousa, HelenaSilva, Elsa Costa e20092009-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/29886eng1748-048510.1177/1748048508097933info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:03:30Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/29886Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:53:38.569774Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
title Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
spellingShingle Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
Sousa, Helena
Media policy
Media regulation
Media governance
Small states
Media content
Diversity
Pluralism
Portugal
Políticas
Media
Regulação
Governação
Estado
Conteúdo
Diversidade
Pluralismo
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
title_short Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
title_full Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
title_fullStr Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
title_sort Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
author Sousa, Helena
author_facet Sousa, Helena
Silva, Elsa Costa e
author_role author
author2 Silva, Elsa Costa e
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sousa, Helena
Silva, Elsa Costa e
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Media policy
Media regulation
Media governance
Small states
Media content
Diversity
Pluralism
Portugal
Políticas
Media
Regulação
Governação
Estado
Conteúdo
Diversidade
Pluralismo
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
topic Media policy
Media regulation
Media governance
Small states
Media content
Diversity
Pluralism
Portugal
Políticas
Media
Regulação
Governação
Estado
Conteúdo
Diversidade
Pluralismo
Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Comunicação
description Since the abolition of the 50-years old authoritarian regime in Portugal in the mid-1970s, political discourses and legal texts have incorporated media diversity as a fundamental democratic value. The 1976 Constitution prohibited cross-media concentration and subsequent media legislation contemplated pluralism as a vital societal dimension. This recognition however has always been expressed in vague and inoperative terms as no government has ever had a real interest in preventing concentration of media ownership and in guaranteeing broadcasting content diversity. In an ever fragile political environment, governments have either promoted ‘friendly’ media groups or, fearing adverse reaction, abstained to act against the perceived interests of the established ones. Taking advantage of the smallness of the country, media owners have efficiently argued that scale was necessary to maintain the media in national hands, and that concentration in itself was a guarantee of media content diversity. The ‘foreign enemy’ argument has served both the interests of successive governments and domestic multimedia groups.
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