Please Mind the Gap
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Please Mind the Gap
Prof. Philip Savage (2008) of McMaster University: “The media ownership debate occurs in a vacuum, lacking evidence to ground arguments or potential policy creation either way”.
Mike Gasher, Assoc. Professor of Communication, Concordia University: “Who is really trying to measure media concentration and its impact in an empirical way? I honestly . . . cannot think of anyone who does that”.
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Network Media Industries Concentration (HHI), 1984-2008