The Challenge of New Technology: Impact on the Danish Broadcasting Monopoly
In: International political science review: the journal of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) = Revue internationale de science politique, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 209-224
ISSN: 1460-373X
The article presents an analysis of developments in Danish broadcasting policy during the past decade. In the light of the challenge to the national broadcasting monopoly system of new technology such as cable and satellite, special attention is given to social democratic objectives of maintaining political control over the elec tronic media while at the same time meeting political and popular demands for decentralization and democratic participation in local radio and TV. For compari son, the Swedish experiment in local radio broadcasting is described.