What James Curran calls the liberal meta-narrative of media
history is the standard framework employed in describing
the trajectory of the Dutch media. Yet much evidence
indicates that throughout the twentieth century the Dutch
media have more commonly served elite interests than the
public interest. Initially the media were subservient to politics,
later the market became dominant. This paper criticises
the liberal reading of Dutch media history and argues for
the viability of a radical reading. After a review of historiographical
issues, a critical history of the Dutch media from
the thirties onwards is presented, with a focus on the period
since the sixties.
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