Media Concentration and Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Media Concentration and Democracy write by C. Edwin Baker. This book was released on 2006-12-11. Media Concentration and Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Firmly rooting its argument in democratic and economic theory, the book argues that a more democratic distribution of communicative power within the public sphere and a structure that provides safeguards against abuse of media power provide two of three primary arguments for ownership dispersal. It also shows that dispersal is likely to result in more owners who will reasonably pursue socially valuable journalistic or creative objectives rather than a socially dysfunctional focus on the 'bottom line'. The middle chapters answer those agents, including the Federal Communication Commission, who favor 'deregulation' and who argue that existing or foreseeable ownership concentration is not a problem. The final chapter evaluates the constitutionality and desirability of various policy responses to concentration, including strict limits on media mergers.
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Rich Media, Poor Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rich Media, Poor Democracy write by Robert W. McChesney. This book was released on 2016-03-01. Rich Media, Poor Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
America's Battle for Media Democracy
America's Battle for Media Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Battle for Media Democracy write by Victor Pickard. This book was released on 2015. America's Battle for Media Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Media Ownership and Concentration in America
Media Ownership and Concentration in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Media Ownership and Concentration in America write by Eli Noam. This book was released on 2009-10-19. Media Ownership and Concentration in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. People have worried for many years about the concentration of private power over the media, as evidenced by controversy over Federal Communication Commission rulings on broadcast ownership limits. The fear, it seems, is of a media mogul with a political agenda: a new William Randolph Hearst who could help start wars or run for political office using the power of the media. In the light of these concerns about freedom of speech, Eli Noam provides a comprehensive survey of media concentration in America, covering everything from the early media empire of Benjamin Franklin to the modern-day cellular phone industry.
Media, Markets, and Democracy
Media, Markets, and Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Media, Markets, and Democracy write by C. Edwin Baker. This book was released on 2001-11-05. Media, Markets, and Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
