Converging Media, Diverging Politics: A Political Economy of News Media in the United States and Canada Contributor(s): Skinner, David (Editor), Compton, James R. (Editor), Gasher, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0739113062 ISBN-13: 9780739113066 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $62.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: 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. |
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BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 071 |
LCCN: 2005014125 |
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.13 lbs) 352 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |