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Compared with other European countries, Spain is underdeveloped in terms of media institutions and responsibility systems. The control of media activity usually rests with the State and the courts, which, in response to the claims received, supervise and, where appropriate, penalize abusive activities.
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There are many aspects making the media sector very important. From an economic perspective, the media sector has a significant impact on the country’s economy, the 12th largest in the world. In 2014, the culture sector accounted for 2.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product of the country (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport - MECD, 2016). Of all cultural activities, the two with the greatest economic impact were book publishing and the press, followed by audiovisual and multimedia activities (including, among others, television, radio, film, video and recorded music). Publishing alone accounted for 34.1 percent of all cultural production; while audiovisual media and multimedia accounted for 27.5 percent.
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