[PDF] Democracy And The Media eBook

Author : Richard Gunther
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,77 MB
Release : 2000-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521777438

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This book presents a systematic overview and assessment of the impacts of politics on the media, and of the media on politics, in authoritarian, transitional and democratic regimes in Russia, Spain, Hungary, Chile, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States. Its analysis of the interactions between macro- and micro-level factors incorporates the disciplinary perspectives of political science, mass communications, sociology and social psychology. These essays show that media's effects on politics are the product of often complex and contingent interactions among various causal factors, including media technologies, the structure of the media market, the legal and regulatory framework, the nature of basic political institutions, and the characteristics of individual citizens. The authors' conclusions challenge a number of conventional wisdoms concerning the political roles and effects of the mass media on regime support and change, on the political behavior of citizens, and on the quality of democracy.

Author : Nathaniel Persily
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108835554

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A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

Author : C. Edwin Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 2001-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1139432427

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Government interventions in media markets are often criticized for preventing audiences from getting the media products they want. A free press is often asserted to be essential for democracy. The first point is incorrect and the second is inadequate as a policy guide. Part I of this book shows that unique aspects of media products prevent markets from providing for audience desires. Part II shows that four prominent, but different, theories of democracy lead to different conceptions of good journalistic practice, media policy, and proper constitutional principles. Part II makes clear that the choice among democratic theories is crucial for understanding what should be meant by free press. Part III explores international free trade in media products. Contrary to the dominant American position, it shows that Parts I and II's economic and democratic theory justify deviations from free trade in media products.

Author : Henry Jenkins
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262600637

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Essays on the promise and dangers of the Internet for democracy.

Author : Victor Pickard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107038332

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Drawing from extensive archival research, the book uncovers the American media system's historical roots and normative foundations. It charts the rise and fall of a forgotten media-reform movement to recover alternatives and paths not taken.

Author : Robert W. McChesney
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,97 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1620970708

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An updated edition of the “penetrating study” examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? After all the hype about the democratizing power of the internet, is this new technology living up to its promise? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard’s Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant “hypercommercialization of media” has only intensified. Robert McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared; a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system; and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline. “Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book.” —Neil Postman “If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book.” —Bill Moyers

Author : James Curran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,62 MB
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134372221

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Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of media research. For example: How does TV entertainment contribute to the democratic life of society? Why are Americans less informed about politics and international affairs than Europeans? How should new communications technology and globalisation change our understanding of the democratic role of the media? What does the rise of international ezines reveal about the limits of the internet? What is the future of journalism? Does advertising influence the media? Is American media independence from government a myth? How have the media influenced the development of modern society? Professor Curran’s response to these questions provides both a clear introduction to media research, written for university undergraduates studying in different countries, and an innovative analysis written by one of the field’s leading scholars.

Author : Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2005-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781842775837

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An overview of the press and mass media in Africa today and their contribution to democratization

Author : Robert W. McChesney
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1609801172

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"In this passionate and strikingly lucid essay, Robert McChesney makes clear why all of us should be alarmed about the effects of media mergers on the future of American democracy. This is a must reading for anyone who wants to get a quick understanding of this troubling trend."—Susan J. Douglas, author of Growing Up Female with the Mass Media

Author : Judith Lichtenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 1990-05-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521388177

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These essays discuss US policy in regulating the media and the reconciliation of the First Amendment.