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International Media Concentration

Eli NoamColumbia University

Paris Dauphine, January 2011

Regional Project Leaders And Members Of The Executive Committee

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Patrick Badillo

Dominique BourgoisJean-Baptiste Lesourd

Helmut Mueller

Kiyoshi Nakamura

Koiichiro Hayashi

Eli Noam

Open Society Institute

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Aryeh Neier Gordana Jankovic

Mark Thompson

Marius Dragomir

Why Study Media Concentration?

Studying Media Concentration

•1. The Scientific Perspective

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Are the World’s Media Becoming More Concentrated?

Studying Media Concentration

•1. The Scientific Perspective

•2. The Political Power Perspective

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Studying Media Concentration

• 1. The Scientific Perspective

• 2. The Political Power Perspective

• 3. The Leader Perspective

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Rupert Murdoch

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Silvio Berlusconi

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Bill Gates

Studying Media Concentration

• 1. The Scientific Perspective• 2. The Political Power

Perspective• 3. The Leader Perspective• 4. The Information Economy

Perspective

Next Steps

• January 21, 22 Paris, University of Paris—Dauphine

• Summer 2011: Book manuscript

• September 19, 20 Brussels

• Future meetings: Tokyo January 2012,

• Possible Fribourg, Pamplona, Taipei

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