Business influence on the mass media: a case study of 21 countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61384399:31150/15:00046730

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.transformations.khf.vu.lt/34/article/busi" target="_blank" >http://www.transformations.khf.vu.lt/34/article/busi</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Business influence on the mass media: a case study of 21 countries

Original language description

This paper tackles the issue of business influence on the mass media either via various forms of corruption or via the use of force and persuasion. In most capitalist countries, business communities attempt to exert their direct or indirect influence over journalists either directly or by purchasing the news and media companies. The authors of this article examine the role of factors that relate to the perceived influence of owners on journalists practices using the data from the Worlds of Journalism survey conducted in 21 countries in 2007-2011 and comprising over 2100 journalists from over 400 news organizations. The authors of this article found that in most of the countries from the sample, business organizations attempt to seize the control over the mass media with a purpose of ameliorating their positive role in the society and creating a favourable image of themselves. Moreover, the business influence on the mass media in some countries (e.g. Israel or Germany) is less ubiquitou

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AH - Economics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Transformations in Business and Economics

ISSN

1648-4460

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

LT - LITHUANIA

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

65-75

UT code for WoS article

000351961100004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84928493916