| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Communication, society, and politics
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Communication, society, and politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Democracy at the crossroads: why ownership matters -- Not a real problem: many owners, many sources -- Not a real problem: the market or the internet will provide -- The First Amendment guarantee of a free press: an objection to regulation? -- Solutions and responses -- Postscript: policy opportunism. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld. |
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Mass media -- Ownership -- United States.
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Mass media -- Ownership. |
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United States. |
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Mass media. |
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Freedom of the press -- United States.
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Freedom of the press. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, C. Edwin. Media concentration and democracy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 0521868327 9780521868327 (DLC) 2006013920 (OCoLC)68220992 |
| ISBN |
9780511261480 (electronic book) |
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0511261489 (electronic book) |
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9780511810992 (electronic book) |
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0511810997 (electronic book) |
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0521868327 (hardback) |
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9780521868327 (hardback) |
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0521687888 (paperback) |
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9780521687881 (paperback) |
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