How Media Ownership Matters

By Rodney Benson, Mattias Hessérus, Timothy Neff, and Julie Sedel. Oxford University Press, 2025. 314 pp.

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  • Tales Tomaz University of Salzburg

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https://doi.org/10.7146/journalistica.v20i1.167141

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Front cover of a Danish academic journal. White background with red on logo on top reading: Journalistica. And just below the logo a black thick black line or narrow black box running across the page with white text reading: ‘Nr. 1 · 2026 – Tidsskrift for forskning i journalistik’. In the middle of the front page the year 2026 is also printed with big characters. Minimalist design, no images or graphics.

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2026-04-14

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Tomaz, T. (2026). How Media Ownership Matters: By Rodney Benson, Mattias Hessérus, Timothy Neff, and Julie Sedel. Oxford University Press, 2025. 314 pp. Journalistica, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.7146/journalistica.v20i1.167141

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2026): Journalistica 2026

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Book reviews

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