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Book The Menace of the Corporate Newspaper

Download or read book The Menace of the Corporate Newspaper written by David Demers and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1996 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text studies the origins and effects of the corporate form of newspaper organisation. It explores the controversies surrounding corporate ownership through a review of the literature as well as by means of empirical research.

Book Who Owns the World s Media

Download or read book Who Owns the World s Media written by Eli M. Noam and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media ownership and concentration has major implications for politics, business, culture, regulation, and innovation. It is also a highly contentious subject of public debate in many countries around the world. In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's companies have dominated Italian politics. Televisa has been accused of taking cash for positive coverage of politicians in Mexico. Even in tiny Iceland, the regulation of media concentration led to that country's first and only public referendum. Who Owns the World's Media? moves beyond the rhetoric of free media and free markets to provide a dispassionate and data-driven analysis of global media ownership trends and their drivers. Based on an extensive data collection effort from scholars around the world, the book covers thirteen media industries, including television, newspapers, book publishing, film, search engines, ISPs, wireless telecommunication and others, across a ten to twenty-five year period in thirty countries. In many countries--like Egypt, China, or Russia--little to no data exists and the publication of these chapters will become authoritative resources on the subject in those regions. After examining each country, Noam and his collaborators offer comparisons and analysis across industries, regions, and development levels. They also calculate overall national concentration trends beyond specific media industries, the market share of individual companies in the overall national media sector, and the size and trends of transnational companies in overall global media. This definitive global study of the extent and impact of media concentration will be an invaluable resource for communications, public policy, law, and business scholars in doing research and also for media, telecom, and IT companies and financial institutions in the private sector.

Book Mass Media and American Politics

Download or read book Mass Media and American Politics written by Doris A. Graber and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mass Media and American Politics is the most comprehensive and best book for political communication. This text has made it easy for my students to learn about research and theory related to political journalism and the political communication system in America. It has great utility and insight while being comprehensive but not overwhelming for students." —Jason Martin, DePaul University Known for its readable introduction to the literature and theory of the field, Mass Media and American Politics is a trusted, comprehensive look at media′s impact on attitudes, behavior, elections, politics, and policymaking. This Tenth Edition is thoroughly updated to reflect major structural changes that have shaken the world of political news and examines the impact of the changing media landscape. It includes timely examples from the 2016 election cycle to illustrate the significance of these changes. This classic text balances comprehensive coverage and cutting-edge theory, shows students how the media influence governmental institutions and the communication strategies of political elites, and illustrates how the government shapes the way the media disseminate information. Written by Doris A. Graber—a scholar who has played an enormous role in establishing and shaping the field of mass media and American politics—and Johanna Dunaway, this book sets the standard. FREE POSTER: Fact or Fiction? Use this checklist to avoid the pitfalls posed by the rise of fake news

Book News Ombudsmen in North America

Download or read book News Ombudsmen in North America written by Neil Nemeth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-11-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the most comprehensive look to date at the effort of about forty U.S. media organizations to make themselves more accountable. Nemeth provides a critical assessment of the ombudsmen's work from the ombudsmen themselves, their editors, media critics, and scholars.

Book Journalism  Reporting  Writing and Editing

Download or read book Journalism Reporting Writing and Editing written by Rowan Kidd and published by Scientific e-Resources. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book has been brought into being in view of incessant demand pertaining to the subject Journalism, inherently requires that stories be told in-depth. Many newspapers have cut out long articles even before the Internet. They have followed the example set by television news. They have been hit by the rising price of newsprint, and the renewed emphasis on cost cutting. They are convinced that readers are pressed for time, impatient with detail, and conditioned to ingest the news in pellet-like form. The bulk of broadcast news is reporting in the sense that is used is different rather than journalism. It is epitomized by the two-minute wire service radio bulletin on the hour already a fast disappearing format. In this incisive and well-presented work, the book has synthesized the findings to lay down principles of sound journalism for both those in the industry and the citizens, who rely on the free press as a fundamental element of democracy. First and foremost among these principles is journalism's obligation to the truth. It will immensely benefit students, teachers, mass communicators, theoreticians and practitioners alike. Something usable today, a ready reckoner for years to come and a collector's item for all times. A must read endurable and preservable

Book Read All about It

Download or read book Read All about It written by James D. Squires and published by Crown. This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the former editor of the Chicago Tribune, a populist's indictment of how the owners of American newspapers have sacrificed their ideals at the altar of profit. The golden age of journalism is gone, writes James Squires, and America is the worse for it. Here he shows just what the cost will be if big money destroys a truly free press.

Book Hidden Agendas

Download or read book Hidden Agendas written by Lydia Miljan and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our news-hungry society, where CNN is considered a staple of primetime viewing, journalists have become celebrities and often, political proxies. To a large degree, our world is shaped by their commentaries on everything from war to health care to trade. Hidden Agendas: How Journalists Influence the News is a no-holds-barred expos� of how the opinions of reporters decidedly shape the information we consider news.

Book Global Media

Download or read book Global Media written by David Demers and published by Hampton Press (NJ). This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its eleven chapters, the book focuses on how global media corporations are organized and how they are changing. It also discusses the nature of their goals, how they are controlled, controversies over their assumed power, and the implications of their continued growth for the future.--From foreword.

Book The Ivory Tower of Babel

Download or read book The Ivory Tower of Babel written by David Demers and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mainstream social science has come under fierce criticism in recent decades for failing to have more impact on public policy. Critics say the social sciences are incapable of generating knowledge that can solve social problems. Others contend that partisan politics and university administrations are the problem. Politicians are more concerned about special interests than scientific research, and administrators care more about scholarly publications than solving social problems. Are the social sciences failing to live up to their promises? Have they outlived their usefulness? Have they become an Ivory Tower of Babel? Like the Babylonians, who built the infamous Tower of Babel, social scientists for the past two centuries have been building a tower of sorts, only this time it's composed of knowledge rather than bricks. The primary goal of these scholars — anthropologists, communication scholars, economists, political scientists, sociologists and social psychologists — has been to solve problems of social integration. The Babylonian tower was designed in part to unite people to one geographical area. Similarly, social scientists see their tower of knowledge as a means for solving social problems — such as poverty, crime, drug abuse, inequality, unemployment, abuse of power — that alienate people and groups from modern society. The Babylonians failed because of divine intervention, according to the Bible. The social scientists aren't finished building their tower. But, according to critics, the results so far look less like a tower of knowledge for solving social problems than an "Ivory Tower of Babel" — one in which social scientists routinely dispute each other's theories and data, and even uncontested or well-supported findings rarely influence public policy. Disputes over the nature of truth and knowledge are so commonplace in the social sciences that many scholars believe a social science which uses methods from the natural sciences is incapable of generating knowledge that can solve social problems. This book examines the history and philosophy of the social sciences and theoretical and empirical research on the impact of social science. Suggestions are offered at the end for enhancing the impact of the social sciences. A number of scientific articles and books have been written about the impact (or lack thereof) of the social sciences on public policy, but none has been written specifically to appeal to both academics and a broader market composed of the general public and students in both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses. The author takes the reader on a journey inside one of the best kept secrets in higher education — that much, if not most, of the research conducted in the social sciences has very little impact on public policy or on solving social problems. Are taxpayers getting their money's worth?

Book No Time To Think

    Book Details:
  • Author : Howard Rosenberg
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2008-10-01
  • ISBN : 1441139028
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book No Time To Think written by Howard Rosenberg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eviscerating look at the state of journalism in the age of the 24 hour news cycle by a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic and a veteran news correspondent. No Time To Think focuses on the insidious and increasing portion of the news media that, due to the dangerously extreme speed at which it is produced, is only half thought out, half true, and lazily repeated from anonymous sources interested in selling opinion and wild speculation as news. These news item can easily gain exposure today, assuming a life of their own while making a mockery of journalism and creating casualties of cool deliberation and thoughtful discourse. Much of it is picked up gratuitously and given resonance online or through CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other networks, which must, in this age of the 24-hour news cycle, "feed the beast." In dissecting this frantic news blur, No Time to Think breaks down a number of speed-driven blunders from the insider perspective of Charles Feldman, who spent 20 years as a CNN correspondent, as well as the outsider perspective of Howard Rosenberg, who covered the coverage for 25 years as TV critic for The Los Angeles Times. No Time to Think demonstrates how today's media blitz scrambles the public's perspective in ways that potentially shape how we think, act and react as a global society. The end result effects not only the media and the public, but also the government leaders we trust to make carefully considered decisions on our behalf. Featuring interviews ranging from former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw to internet doyenne Arianna Huffington to PBS stalwart Jim Lehrer to CNN chief Jonathan Klein to a host of former presidential press secretaries and other keen-eyed media watchers, this incisive work measures lasting fallout from the 24-hour news cycle beginning in 1980 with the arrival of CNN, right up to the present.

Book Murder  Honor  and Law

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard F. Hamm
  • Publisher : University of Virginia Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780813922089
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Murder Honor and Law written by Richard F. Hamm and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Book The Shoe Workers  Journal

Download or read book The Shoe Workers Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fourth Estate

Download or read book Fourth Estate written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book No Time To Think

    Book Details:
  • Author : Howard Rosenberg
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2008-10-01
  • ISBN : 0826429319
  • Pages : 239 pages

Download or read book No Time To Think written by Howard Rosenberg and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the state of modern journalism and argues against a twenty-four hour news cycle that minimizes worthy stories for quick snapshots and removes nuance and accuracy.

Book History and Future of Mass Media

Download or read book History and Future of Mass Media written by David Demers and published by Hampton Press (NJ). This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the no-Marxists mostly have it wrong. Although corporate media are structurally organized to maximize profits and produce content that generally helps elites achieve their goals, this does not mean corporate media have less capacity to facilitate social change than entrepreneurial or other forms of media. In fact, historical evidence and comparative critical studies presented in this book show that mass media become more, not less, critical of dominant power groups, institutions and value systems as they become more "corporatized."This proposition is part of a larger theoretical model that integrates the role of both social structure and human agency in explaining the persistence of modern capitalism. The structural part of the theory also enables scholars to make predictions about the future of mass media, including the ideas that the Internet is "stealing" some of the mediating power of traditional mass media, and the market power of global media will grow in absolute terms but will shrink in relative terms because of increasing competition from new and traditional media.

Book The Idea of Public Journalism

Download or read book The Idea of Public Journalism written by Theodore Lewis Glasser and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1999-05-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a critical and constructive examination of the claims of public journalism, the controversial movement aimed at getting the press to promote and indeed improve (not merely report on) the quality of public life. From leading contributors, original essays refine the terms of the debate by situating it within a broad cultural, historical and philosophical framework. Exploring the movement's promise as well as its problems, The Idea of Public Journalism sheds lights on issues of political power, freedom of expression, democratic participation and press responsibility.

Book The Street Railway Journal

Download or read book The Street Railway Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: