Project on Prevention of Dominant Influence on Public Opinion

Current regulations to prevent dominant influence on public opinion very much focus on television. However, other media markets and up- or downstream markets are being considered for reviewing whether a company acquires dominant influence on public opinion. In order to make a statement on the impact of different media and providers on public and individual opinion-forming, the Hans Bredow Institute has made the prevention of dominant influence on public opinion a major research area. An interdisciplinary study group examines processes of media effects and the development of publicist and economic markets in order to draw conclusions for the advancement of media-specific concentration control. >> project description