News media in the European Union
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Mass media are the means through which information is transmitted to a large audience. This includes newspapers, television, radio, and more recently the internet. Those which provide news and information are known as the news media.
The member states of the European Union generally have a wide range of media providers, both public and commercially funded.
The state broadcasters are funded through a mix of advertising and public money, either through a licence fee or directly from the government. In addition there are many other free press alternatives.
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[edit] International media
There are a number of news organisations operating across national boudries. Major international European news channels including BBC World, France 24, DW-World and Euronews. The traditional major newspaper that is distributed across Europe, the International Herald Tribune, is in fact published in the US, owned by the New York Times.
[edit] Coverage of EU politics
The media is however weak when it comes to news dedicated to the political process of the European Union level without national bias, which many[who?] say is crucial due to the European political integration.[1]
There are few examples of News providers dedicated to covering the political processes in Brussels from a Pan-European perspective without national bias in traditional medias such as newspapers, radio and television, with language barriers and national affiliationas as obvious reasons. EuroNews is one of the few, with varying success.
On the Internet however, there are many news providers dedicated to coverage of the EU system. Examples are EUobserver, Euractiv and many other print publishers. There are also many EU-dedicated blogs such as afoe. EUX.TV is one of the few providers of EU video news online.
[edit] EU coverage by national media
[edit] European election coverage
- Further information: Elections in the European Union and European Parliament election, 2009
European elections tend to attract little attention from the media. The European Parliament has been preparing with broadcasters to make the 2009 election more interesting and attract audiences.[2]
[edit] Concentration of media ownership
Various media in the Union is increasingly coming under concentrated ownership. For example, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and Silvio Berlusconi's ownership of Italian media while Prime Minister of Italy.
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[edit] References
- ^ Comment: Citizens of partnership, not subjects of an empire, EUobserver, accessed 13.07.2007
- ^ EU wants to dress up 2009 elections on TV, EUobserver.com Accessed February 26, 2007
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