Schlosberg Media Ownership and Agenda Control

The Hidden Limits of the Information Age
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-65961-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 190 Seiten

Reihe: Communication and Society

Media Ownership and Agenda Control presents a vital and comprehensive analysis of ownership and control of media providers and outlets today, and the affect that these ownership strictures have on news sources and journalistic autonomy.

Justin Scholsberg combines new research data with an in-depth analysis of political and economic policy, as well as an expansive understanding of the key scholarly debates to re-think the concepts of media plurality and media independence.

Using a range of case studies to explore the impact of issues including digital growth and disruption, as well as structural decline in news media markets across a range of international examples, Media Ownership and Agenda Control clearly illustrates the essential themes and future directions in the online, print and broadcast media landscape for 21st century media ownership.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlosberg, Justin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Size Matters 2. The Drive to Combine 3. Diversity and its Discontents 4. Resurgence of the Old Guard 5. Not so Friendly Giants 6. Rationalising Resources 7. Loss Leaders 8. Keys to the Garden Gates 9. Ownership Obscurity 10. The Value of Independence 11. Conclusion: For a Co-operative Media

Über Autor(innen)

Justin Scholsberg is a researcher and lecturer in Journalism and Media at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of Power Beyond Scrutiny: Media, Justice and Accountability (Pluto, 2013). He is currently a consultant for the Mapping Digital Media project funded by the Open Society Foundations – a global 60-country study looking at the impact of digitization on the supply of public interest news. He was also involved in a project for the Media Trust addressing The News Needs of Local Communities in England and Wales involving a combination of consumer focus groups and in-depth interviews with news producers around the country. He is co-founder of the Media Reform Coalition. He is currently advising the shadow cabinet on media plurality reform policy.