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Switzerland: A Modest Success in Tiny Pragmatic Steps

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Switzerland is a small, multicultural state in the center of Europe. At the end of 1989 the population was 6.7 million living in 2.5 million households. More than one seventh of them were foreigners. Due to the topographical situation of the country, this population is unevenly distributed. Half of the population live in suburban or metropolitan areas. This contrasts considerably with the thinly populated regions and peripheries. The country is culturally segmented in four different language groups: German, 74%, French 20%, Italian 5%, Romansch 1%. These figures correspond to the year 1980.

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  1. Seminar für Publizistikwissenschaft der Universität Zürich, France

    Heinz Bonfadelli

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  1. Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Institute of Social Sciences, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

    Mads Christoffersen

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Bonfadelli, H. (1992). Switzerland: A Modest Success in Tiny Pragmatic Steps. In: Bouwman, H., Christoffersen, M. (eds) Relaunching Videotex. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2520-8_7

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