The contradictions of media power /
"Media power is a crucial, although often taken for granted, concept. We assume, for example, that the media are 'powerful'; if they were not, why would there be so many controversies over the regulation, control and impact of communicative institutions and processes? Further, we assu...
| Основен автор: | Freedman, Des, 1962- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
Bloomsbury,
2014.
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Съдържание:
- Approaches to media power : Elements of the puzzle ; Political, economic and cultural dimensions of media power ; Four paradigms of media power : Consensus; Chaos; Control; Contradiction
- Elites, ownership and media power : Power elite theory and the media ; Media power elites and neo-liberalism : the rise of the communications sector; The return of the media baron; The role of the 'club' ; Ownership and media power
- Media policy and power : Policy activism in neo-liberal times ; Power, decision-making and the policy process ; Media policy silences : Silences in pluralism policy debates; Silences in net neutrality debates
- Power shifts and social media : A radical redistribution of power? ; Decentralization: the rise of the 'power mosaic' ; Disintermediation: power to the people? ; Conclusion: 'It's called capitalism'
- Challenging media power : Media, contradiction and resistance ; The dominance/resistance model in action: the war in Iraq ; The politics of media reform
- Conclusions: media power paradigms revisited.