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Media concentration and democracy : why ownership matters /
"Objections to concentrated ownership of the mass media are widespread. Often, however, critics merely point to the fact of huge and growing media conglomerates without explaining precisely why this is bad. This book fills the gap in the critique of concentration. Firmly rooting its argument in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Communication, society, and politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Objections to concentrated ownership of the mass media are widespread. Often, however, critics merely point to the fact of huge and growing media conglomerates without explaining precisely why this is bad. This book fills the gap in the critique of concentration. 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, including the current Federal Communications 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."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511261480 0511261489 9780511810992 0511810997 9781139461030 1139461036 1280749466 9781280749469 0511260911 9780511260919 0511259719 9780511259715 0511319843 9780511319846 0511260369 9780511260360 1107171008 9781107171008 |