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Advertising and a democratic press /

In this provocative book, C. Edwin Baker argues that print advertising seriously distorts the flow of news by creating a powerfully corrupting incentive: the more newspapers depend financially on advertising, the more they favor the interests of advertisers over those of readers. Advertising induces...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, C. Edwin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]
Series:Princeton legacy library
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER .I Advertising: Financial Support and Structural Subversion of a Democratic Press
  • CHAPTER II. Advertising and the Content of a Democratic Press
  • CHAPTER III. Economic Analysis of Advertising's Effect on the Media
  • CHAPTER IV. Policy Proposals
  • CHAPTER V. The Constitutionality of Taxation or Regulation of Advertising
  • Mathematical Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index