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The Jeremiad Over Journalism

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―further a diverse selection of news and analysis of importance for the public debate in a democratic<br />

society.‖ 609<br />

<strong>The</strong> whole underlying premise behind the Danish state‘s support of newspapers and other media, is<br />

that by partly subsidizing news media‘s production of debate, culture and general education the<br />

state can thereby ―regulate‖ citizens to consume more of these publicist values than would have<br />

been the case in a media market purely driven by commercial concerns. 610<br />

Hallin and Mancini, writing about political journalism, refer to these regulatory differences as a<br />

European departure from American ―first amendment absolutism,‖ which holds the view, that<br />

media markets should not be regulated. <strong>The</strong> lack of a European equivalent of ―first amendment<br />

absolutism,‖ in the authors‘ view renders it likely, that ―electoral communication will continue to be<br />

more regulated in Europe‖ and thereby counteract the homogenization claimed to accompany<br />

Americanization. 611<br />

Judging from Lund and Sepstrup‘s analysis as well as Hjarvard, Allern and Ørsten combined with<br />

the above content analysis, media subsidies do, nonetheless, play a part in maintaining external<br />

newspaper pluralism and also uphold publicist ideals in the Danish press thereby counteracting the<br />

less desirable developments accompanying the commercialization associated with the American<br />

media market. 612<br />

6.1 “Weighing” American influence<br />

According to van Elteren, it is necessary for researchers of Americanization to ―weigh‖ American<br />

influence ―appropriately amidst other foreign influences of the domestic situation‖ and realize that<br />

―incoming culture is not simply American but usually encompasses other cultural flows and<br />

609<br />

Lund and Sepstrup, "Udredning Af Den Fremtidige Offentlige Mediestøtte [A Report on the Future of State Media<br />

Subsidies]." Page 15-17.<br />

610<br />

Ibid. Page 18.<br />

611<br />

Hallin and Mancini, Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of Media and Politics. Page 283.<br />

612<br />

Lund and Sepstrup, "Udredning Af Den Fremtidige Offentlige Mediestøtte [A Report on the Future of State Media<br />

Subsidies]." See also Hjarvard, "Den Politiske Presse - En Analyse Af Danske Avisers Politiske Orientering [<strong>The</strong><br />

Political Press: An Analysis of Political Parallelism in Danish Newspapers]." As well as Allern and Blach-Ørsten, "<strong>The</strong><br />

News Media as A Political Institution: A Scandinavian Perspective."<br />

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