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Title: | The Practice of Newspaper Ownership: Fifty Years of Control and Influence in the Swedish Local Press |
Authors: | Ohlsson, Jonas |
E-mail: | jonas.ohlsson@jmg.gu.se |
Issue Date: | 28-May-2012 |
University: | Göteborgs universitet. Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Social Sciences |
Institution: | Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) ; Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG) |
Date of Defence: | 2012-06-15 |
Disputation: | Fredagen den 15 juni 2012, kl. 13.15, Annedalsseminariet, sal 302, Seminariegatan 1a |
Degree: | Doctor of Philosophy |
Publication type: | Doctoral thesis |
Series/Report no.: | Göteborgsstudier i journalistik, medier och kommunikation 65 |
Keywords: | newspaper ownership control influence the press ownership concentration board of directors foundation ownership principal-agent political parallelism Sweden |
Abstract: | This dissertation deals with a perennial theme in both public and academic debate: how ownership is exercised in the news media. It does so by exploring the main agency through which ownership control is expected to be exerted in the individual media firm: the board of directors. Establishing the board as an intermediary between owners and the executive and editorial management, the study addresses a number of questions pertaining to the role of media boards: who is elected to the boards; which ... more |
ISBN: | 978-91-88212-98-6 |
ISSN: | 1101-4652 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/29101 |
Appears in Collections: | Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet |