The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional ... - OSCE
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industrial lobbying groups still differs c<strong>on</strong>siderably from countryto country.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> study itself is divided into two parts. Already existingresearch studies and statistical material <strong>on</strong> the eight countriespresented in this survey were collected. In additi<strong>on</strong>, in-countryinterviews were arranged with individual journalists, representativesfrom media uni<strong>on</strong>s and associati<strong>on</strong>s, academia, publishinghouses, and media NGOs.Sec<strong>on</strong>dly, questi<strong>on</strong>naires were distributed via the internetto journalist uni<strong>on</strong>s and associati<strong>on</strong>s as well as daily newspaperjournalists <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the eight participating countries. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se questi<strong>on</strong>naires,which can be found in the annex <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this book, were tobe filled in <strong>on</strong>-line and sent back an<strong>on</strong>ymously to the internetserver at the <strong>OSCE</strong> Representative <strong>on</strong> Freedom <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Media</str<strong>on</strong>g>.Due to the small number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> addressees the questi<strong>on</strong>nairessent to uni<strong>on</strong>s and other organizati<strong>on</strong>s were incorporated asmost valuable informati<strong>on</strong> into the general part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this surveyas well as the proper country report instead <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> being evaluatedindividually in detail.Finally, research and statistical material collected wasadded to in-country interviews with uni<strong>on</strong>s, associati<strong>on</strong>s, academiaand others. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se data were then cross-examined and putinto c<strong>on</strong>text with the data individual journalists had providedby answering the <strong>on</strong>-line questi<strong>on</strong>naire.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> survey exceeds already known answers to the socioec<strong>on</strong>omicproblems <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> print media c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>. It catchestrends and patterns <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> media c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> as perceived bypr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al journalists in different countries and documentstheir very pers<strong>on</strong>al feelings and understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the implicati<strong>on</strong>s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> such developments <strong>on</strong> pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al journalism.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>cept <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this survey did not have the pretensi<strong>on</strong> tobe exhaustive and representative, but to acquire general trends12 INTRODUCTION