Media concentration and democracy : why ownership matters / C. Edwin Baker.
Baker, C. Edwin| Call Number | 302.230973 |
| Author | Baker, C. Edwin, author. |
| Title | Media concentration and democracy : why ownership matters / C. Edwin Baker. Media Concentration & Democracy |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Communication, society and politics |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Summary | 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. |
| Subject | Mass media Ownership United States. Freedom of the press United States. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | 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. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Subject | Mass media Ownership United States. Freedom of the press United States. |
| Multimedia |