Diversity and the media

Diversity and the Media opens with an exploration of diversity in relation to the normative frameworks of media and democracy and multiculturalism. It then moves on to offer more tangible conceptualizations of diversity at the level of audiences, media workforce and outlets and media contents. Throughout, the book focuses on media regulation in democratic societies, it discusses how different understandings of diversity are reflected in rationales and approaches that inform media regulation. The book draws on a range of current and historical examples mainly from the US and the UK although other European countries – including new European Union member states – are also discussed. Diversity and the Media is characterized by an interdisciplinary outlook, however, it draws mainly on approaches and research associated with political economy of media, political communication, media economics and critical media industry studies.