How to Cite
Phillips, Peter. 2010. “The Importance of Independent News Sources For Freedom and Democracy”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/the-importance-of-independent-news-sources-for.
Abstract
Since the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a gold rush of media mergers and takeovers has occurred in the United States. Over half of all radio stations have been sold in the past six years, and the repeatedly merged AOL–Time-Warner (CNN) is the largest media organization in the world. Less then ten major media corporations dominate U.S....Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
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- Subject Area(s):
- Mass Communication/Public Opinion
- Resource Type(s):
- Essay
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