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Deconstructing the Diversity Principle
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This article presents an examination of the diversity principle in communications policy. Given the Federal Communication Commission's recent emphasis on diversity as a policy objective, diversity assessments must return to the forefront of communications policy analysis. To provide an analytical framework for such research, the diversity principle is broken into three distinct components (source, content, and exposure diversity), and multiple subcomponents. In the spirit of the FCC's empirical commitment to the diversity principle, this analysis focuses on diversity as a measurable concept, with potentially interacting dimensions and numerous means of assessment.
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“Napoli (1999) destaca três dimensões da diversidade na comunicação a serem consideradas para analisarmos o sistema de mídia: a diversidade de fontes -em sua propriedade, na programação, tipos de veículos e na formação das equipes envolvidas; a diversidade de conteúdos, considerando diferentes públicos-alvo, pontos de vista e tipos de programas; e a diversidade de audiência, levando em conta o cons”
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- Authors
- Napoli, P. M.
- Affiliations
- Fordham University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Napoli, Philip M.
- ORCID
- Napoli, Philip M.
- Venue
- Journal of Communication
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1999-12-01
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 7-34
- ISSN
- 0021-9916 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2466
- OpenAlex
- W2140484261
- Semantic Scholar
- 258c3e93f4dbd705bd790a665b0b59c69f3767fd
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Media Influence and Politics
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Journalism and Media Studies
- Keywords
- diversity principle, communication policy, Federal Communications Commission, media pluralism, source diversity, content diversity, diversity assessment
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