Power of Lords of Global Village : Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal Cover Image

Moć lordova globalnog sela: Rupert Murdoch i The Wall Street Journal
Power of Lords of Global Village : Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal

Author(s): Lejla Turčilo
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: Rupert Murdoch; The Wall Street Journal; media; media ownership; media convergence; concentration of capital; transnational media corporations

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses (successful) try of the global media mogul Rupert Murdoch to take control over respectable The Wall Street Journal, as well as economic and political consequences of change of ownership over this world media. Using the Murdoch example, the author argues that the concentration of media ownership in hands of several powerful transnational corporations undoubtedly has global economic and political consequences, especially in the context of public right to information about events worldwide.

  • Issue Year: XLVIII/2007
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 335-342
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian
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