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| veröffentlicht: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. ©2006. |
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Communication, Society and Politics Series
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| Medientyp: | Buch, E-Book |
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| Umfang: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
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| ISBN: |
9780511259715
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Communication, Society and Politics Series
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| Print version:: |
Baker, C. Edwin, Media Concentration and Democracy, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2006
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| Kollektion: | E-Books adlr |
This book provides a normative critique of mass media ownership concentration. It emphasizes a democratic need to distribute communicative power more widely and to prevent abuse of media power. It also shows why ownership dispersal can be expected to improve the quality of media content. |
| Cover Half-title Series-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Introduction 1 Democracy at the Crossroads: Why Ownership Matters THE THREE MAIN REASONS FOR OPPOSING OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION 1 A More Democratic Distribution of Communicative Power 2 Democratic Safeguards 3 Quality and the Bottom Line ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL CONSIDERATIONS 4 Vulnerability to Outside Pressure 5 Internal Distortions 6 Inefficient Synergies 7 A Pragmatic Aside 8 Countervailing Benefits? 2 Not a Real Problem: Many Owners, Many Sources COMPAINE'S ANALYSIS AND THE CHICAGO SCHOOL APPROACH TO ANTITRUST Media as a Whole Is Not the Relevant Market Power over Price Fails as a Surrogate for Antitrust's: Proper Socio-Political Concerns Even This Enlarged Conception of Antitrust Is Insufficient to Account for the Fundamental Reasons (Discussed in Chapter 1) to Limit Concentration THE FCC'S DIVERSITY INDEX 3 Not a Real Problem: The Market or the Internet Will Provide THE MARKET CONTROLS AND PROVIDES THE INTERNET AS A SOLUTION INTERNET EFFECTS DOES THE INTERNET ELIMINATE CONCERNS ABOUT CONCENTRATION? Investment in Quality Content Dangers of Concentrated Communicative Power Democratic Distribution of Communicative Power 4 The First Amendment Guarantee of a Free Press: An Objection to Regulation? THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS A LIMIT ON GOVERNMENT POWER: THREE PREMISES Ultimate Beneficiary of Press Freedom The Aims of Press Freedom Judicial Activism THE ULTIMATE BENEFICIARY (OR BASIS) OF PRESS FREEDOMS UNDERMINING FIRST AMENDMENT AIMS Purpose/Effects Analysis Aims of the Freedom of the Press Guarantee JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: THE PROPER LEVEL AND FORM OF SCRUTINY THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS REQUIRING LIMITS ON CONCENTRATION? 5 Solutions and Responses. FLAWED REGULATORY LIMITS ON OWNERSHIP Limiting Reach or Audience of a Media Entity Prohibition on a Media Firm Creating New Media Entities POLICY PROPOSALS 1 Antitrust Law 2 Require Government Approval for Merger 3 Prohibit Mergers That Increase Concentration or Involve Takeover by Nonmedia Firms 4 Editorial Independence 5 Require Journalists' Approval for Merger 6 Tax and Subsidy Policies Encouraging Dispersal and Discouraging Concentration 7 Special Responsibilities Imposed on Large Media Firms Postscript: Policy Opportunism A More Democratic Distribution of Communicative Power Risk Reduction: Avoiding Demagogic Power and Promoting the Watchdog Role Reducing Consequences of Market Failures in Content Production and Provision POLICY SUMMARY Notes Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Democracy at the Crossroads: Why Ownership Matters Chapter 2. Not a Real Problem: Many Owners, Many Sources Chapter 3. Not a Real Problem: The Market or the Internet Will Provide Chapter 4. The First Amendment Guarantee of a Free Press: An Objection to Regulation? Chapter 5. Solutions and Responses Postscript Index. |