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Media, profit, and politics : competing priorities in an open soc iety / edited by Joseph Harper and Thom Yantek.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 2003.Description: xii, 298 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0873387546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23  21
Contents:
Whose news is it? / by Hodding Carter III -- Public journalism. The proper role of the news media in a democratic society : is it enough si mply to cover the news? / Philip Meyer. Recovering journalism as a demo cratic art / John J. Pauly. A public philosophy for public journalism T anni Haas and Linda Steiner. Journalism for a just society : why the ph ilosophy of traditional journalism is better for our democracy than the philosophy of civic journalism / Louise Menglekoch -- Public participa tion. What accounts for declining political participation? / Darrell M. West. Communication and civic participation : a proposed research agen da / Dietram A. Scheufele and Ronald E. Ostman. Media conglomeration an d campaign news coverage : politics as a soap opera / James H. Wittebol s. Public journalism and voting participation in statewide referendums : results from a "media partnership" in Rochester, New York / James R. Bowers and Gary Walker. Mega media : how markets are changing news / Na ncy Hicks Maynard -- Economics. Media concentration and democratic disc ourse : are media corporations profiting at the public's expense? / Ste phen Lacy. Political discourse remains vigorous despite media ownership / F. Dennis Hale. A different experience : media, profit, and politics in Canada / David Taras. Is what's good for General Motors good for th e first amendment? Corporate media concentration's "dagger at the throa t" of the press clause / Robert L. Kerr -- Technology. New technologies of communication : can we/will we/should we achieve participatory demo cracy? / Barbara Cochran. Gathering storm : cyberactivism after Seattle / Deedee Halleck. Can new information technologies promote democratic deliberation? / Rodger A. Payne. Waiting for cyber-democracy is like wa iting for Godot / Michael Margolis and David Resnick -- The irrationali ty of rational choice : audience segmentation and the real digital divi de / Oscar H. Gandy Jr.
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Books - Open Access Books - Open Access Faculty of Social Sciences - Women and Gender Resource Center 302.23 KE N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001230974
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This volume collects the papers and related commentary delivered at the second annual Kent State University Symposium on Democracy, held Ap ril 11-12, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (265-280) and index.

Whose news is it? / by Hodding Carter III -- Public journalism. The proper role of the news media in a democratic society : is it enough si mply to cover the news? / Philip Meyer. Recovering journalism as a demo cratic art / John J. Pauly. A public philosophy for public journalism T anni Haas and Linda Steiner. Journalism for a just society : why the ph ilosophy of traditional journalism is better for our democracy than the philosophy of civic journalism / Louise Menglekoch -- Public participa tion. What accounts for declining political participation? / Darrell M. West. Communication and civic participation : a proposed research agen da / Dietram A. Scheufele and Ronald E. Ostman. Media conglomeration an d campaign news coverage : politics as a soap opera / James H. Wittebol s. Public journalism and voting participation in statewide referendums : results from a "media partnership" in Rochester, New York / James R. Bowers and Gary Walker. Mega media : how markets are changing news / Na ncy Hicks Maynard -- Economics. Media concentration and democratic disc ourse : are media corporations profiting at the public's expense? / Ste phen Lacy. Political discourse remains vigorous despite media ownership / F. Dennis Hale. A different experience : media, profit, and politics in Canada / David Taras. Is what's good for General Motors good for th e first amendment? Corporate media concentration's "dagger at the throa t" of the press clause / Robert L. Kerr -- Technology. New technologies of communication : can we/will we/should we achieve participatory demo cracy? / Barbara Cochran. Gathering storm : cyberactivism after Seattle / Deedee Halleck. Can new information technologies promote democratic deliberation? / Rodger A. Payne. Waiting for cyber-democracy is like wa iting for Godot / Michael Margolis and David Resnick -- The irrationali ty of rational choice : audience segmentation and the real digital divi de / Oscar H. Gandy Jr.

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