Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
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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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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 |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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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 |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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Keeping up appearances: regulating media diversity in Portugal |
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Sousa, Helena |
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Sousa, Helena Silva, Elsa Costa e |
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Silva, Elsa Costa e |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Sousa, Helena Silva, Elsa Costa e |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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2009 |
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