TY - GEN AU - Trappel,Josef TI - Chapter 5 Subsidies: Fuel for the Media : Subsidies : Fuel for the Media PY - 2018/// PB - Intellect KW - Media studies KW - bicssc KW - TV & society KW - Business ethics & social responsibility KW - Media, information & communication industries KW - new technology KW - consumption KW - international communication KW - european media KW - editorial independence KW - media policy tool box KW - alternative voices diversity KW - Austria KW - France KW - Mass media KW - Subsidy KW - Value-added tax N1 - Open Access N2 - Subsidies are controversial media policy tools as editorial independence might be affected by those granting subsidies to newsrooms, and because they do not comply with neo-liberal market rules. This chapter shows that financial and non-financial media subsidies are widespread in the media sector. They can help overcoming temporary crises of media companies, but they are no quick fix for the structural crises news media are undergoing. Most subsidies in European countries are granted for the purpose of maintaining diversity, holding power to account, educating journalists and encouraging alternative voices. With a view to the long tradition and the strengths and weaknesses of media subsidies the author concludes by suggesting accepting media subsidies as one element in the media policy tool box UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30509/1/645610.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30509/1/645610.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30509/1/645610.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37729 ER -