AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION BY MEDIA GROUPS IN FRANCE

Une analyse de la concentration de l’attention par les groupes médiatiques en France

Sylvain Dejean (), Marianne Lumeau () and Stéphanie Peltier ()
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Sylvain Dejean: NUDD - Usages du Numérique pour le Développement Durable - ULR - La Rochelle Université
Marianne Lumeau: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LABEX ICCA - UP13 - Université Paris 13 - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Stéphanie Peltier: NUDD - Usages du Numérique pour le Développement Durable - ULR - La Rochelle Université, IRCAV - IRCAV - Institut de Recherche sur le Cinéma et l'Audiovisuel - EA 185 - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 - LABEX ICCA - UP13 - Université Paris 13 - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

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Abstract: This article analyzes the share of attention that the French allocate to different media groups, based on Prat [2018]. Based on a survey of 6,000 individuals, we show that the media market is concentrated. The top four groups concentrate 47% of French people's attention. The public group (Radio France and France Televisions) is by far the most concentrated (19.8%), except among the youngest, for whom Meta has the strongest media power. We also show that the abandoned merger between the TF1 and M6 groups would have increased the level of concentration on the market without calling into question the leading position of either the public group or Meta. This work highlights a new tool for measuring concentration in the media market.

Keywords: attention share; concentration; news; media; media capture; mergers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Revue Economique, 2025, 76 (2), pp.133-177. ⟨10.3917/reco.762.0133⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/reco.762.0133

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