Media, Profit and Politics: Competing Priorities in an Open Society (Symposia on Democracy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873387546 ISBN 13: 9780873387545

Publisher: Kent State University Press, 2003

Synopsis

A compilation of essays and commentary delivered at the second annual Kent State University Symposium on Democracy, this work recognizes and considers the differences that arise when the competitive forces of commerce clash with the demand for the open availability of information in a democratic society. The conflicting roles of advocate-initiator and objective reporter for journalists who cover community politics; the role of the news media in forming public attitudes toward things political and their role in affecting voter nonparticipation; the role of financial considerations in the news media's attempt to provide citizens with needed news and perspective on political affairs; and particularly the role of the conglomeration of ownership of news media organizations are a few of the topics discussed in this volume.

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About the Author

Joseph Harper is professor of journalism and mass communication at Kent State University. Thom Yantek is associate professor of political science at Kent State University. Harper and Yantek cochaired the second annual KSU Symposium on Democracy

Edition details

• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0873387546
• ISBN 13: 9780873387545
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Harper Joseph, Yantek Thom