Media and DemocracyEverette Eugene Dennis, Robert W. Snyder Transaction Publishers - 202 páginas While there is nearly universal agreement that the media play a vital and defining role in democracy everywhere it exists, ironically they are often unpopular. However, the media in a democratic system must be credible and reliable lest they lose their influence and authority. It is usually acknowledged that democracy almost never flourishes without an effective, independent media. The contributors to "Media and Democracy "discuss these issues with the clear recognition that generalizing about the media is often perilous. In the opening section of this volume, "Definitive Questions," chapters by Leo Bogart and Denis McQuail explore the contemporary relationship between media and democracy and its implications for the future. The next section, "Media and the Dynamics of Democracy Around the World," opens with contributions from Vaclav Havel and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former secretary-general of the United Nations. They are joined by authors who examine the relationship between media and democracy in specific locations around the world. The third part, "Journalism as a Democratic Discipline," explores the demands that democracy makes on journalists in chapters by Robert MacNeil, Brian Mulroney, and Margaret T. Gordon. In the final"section, "Democracy and New Media," Lawrence K. Grossman, Sara B. Ivry, and Andrew C. Gordon consider the implications for democracy of new media technologies. Christopher Dornan concludes the book with a review essay examining recent books on media and democracy. Ideally, democracy and media coexist and support each other through a process of negotiation hopefully aimed at developing a consensus about the public interest. "Media and Democracy "is an intriguing examination of these two important ingredients to American society. It will be of value to political scientists, communications scholars, media specialists, and sociologists. |
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An author media scholar and former Media Studies Center senior fellow | 11 |
OpinionThe New Authority | 23 |
A Soul of the Soul | 27 |
Maoism vs Media in the Marketplace 35 | 35 |
Transforming Television in India | 43 |
The Price of African Press Freedom | 51 |
authority and the media serve as the arbiters of public opinion In this | 57 |
Magic Realism in Latin America | 59 |
Regaining Dignity | 99 |
Journalists will regain some dignity if they stop thinking of themselves | 106 |
In a personal interview the scholar Jürgen Habermas explains to the | 116 |
The former editor of the Wichita Kan Eagle explores the roots and purpose | 122 |
Diversity Democracy and Niche Markets | 135 |
JournalistsProfessionals in a Market Culture | 143 |
Scorned in an Era of Triumphant Democracy | 149 |
The Electronic Republic | 159 |
Samizdat Goes Public | 67 |
Breaking CensorshipMaking Peace | 75 |
A Tyranny of Images | 81 |
Exporting American Media | 87 |
Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe Americans have ventured | 95 |
Town Hall OnLine | 165 |
The Internet does not threaten American journalism argues the author | 172 |
Sounding the Alarm | 179 |
For Further Reading | 191 |