Converging Media, Diverging Politics : A Political Economy of News Media in the United States And Canada

Skinner, David (EDT); Compton, James R. (EDT); Gasher, Mike (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0739108271 / ISBN 13: 9780739108277

Published by Lexington Books, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Converging Media, Diverging Politics : A Political Economy of News Media in the United States And Canada
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739108271
• ISBN 13: 9780739108277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What purpose does the news media serve in contemporary North American society? In this collection of essays, experts from both the United States and Canada investigate this question, exploring the effects of media concentration in democratic systems. Specifically, the scholars collected here consider, from a range of vantage points, how corporate and technological convergence in the news industry in the United States and Canada impacts journalism's expressed role as a medium of democratic communication. More generally, and by necessity, Converging Media, Diverging Politics speaks to larger questions about the role that the production and circulation of news and information does, can, and should serve. The editors have gathered an impressive array of critical essays, featuring interesting and well-documented case studies that will prove useful to both students and researchers of communications and media studies.

About the Author

David Skinner is assistant professor in the Communication Studies Program at York University, Toronto. James R. Compton is assistant professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Mike Gasher is associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Journalism at Concordia University, Montreal.