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With the rapid globalisation of commerce and culture and the increasing recognition of information as an economic resource, the grounds for defending the welfare state have shifted. Communication policy is now more widely understood as social policy.

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This work explores a mix of topics and issues that link to the heritage of political economy work, policy studies, and research and theory about the public sphere. The topics include market structures and media concentration, regulation and policy, and information poverty.