About this title: American democracy was founded on the belief that ultimate power rests in an informed citizenry. But that belief appears naive in an era when private corporations manipulate public policy and the individual citizen is dwarfed by agencies, special interest groups, and other organizations that have a firm grasp on real political and economic power. In Democracy and the News, one of America's most astute social critics explores the crucial link between a weakened news media and weakened democracy. Building on his 1979 classic media critique Deciding What's News, Herbert Gans shows how, with the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 02/2003
ISBN-13:9780195151329ISBN:0195151321
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195173277ISBN:0195173279
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195173277ISBN:0195173279
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195151329ISBN:0195151321
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0-19-515132-1. 168 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket has some edgewear. Some highlighter in text. An examination of the imbalance between citizens and corporate controlled news media.; 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP USA
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195173277ISBN:0195173279
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195151329ISBN:0195151321
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. xii, 168 p. Notes. Index of Subjects. Index of Names. American democracy was founded on the belief that ultimate power rests in an informed citizenry. But that belief appears naive in an era when private corporations manipulate public policy and the individual citizen is dwarfed by agencies, special interest groups, and other organisations that have a firm grasp on real political and economic power. In Democracy and the News, one of America's most astute ... read more
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195173277ISBN:0195173279
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"Anyone interested in how the news industry can facilitate democracy need only read the last two chapters of this book. The rest is a big theoretical set-up that, while interesting, is highly tautological.
Gans argues that journalists could do a better job contributing to civic empowerment if not for the structural forces in the way. He asserts that the average citizen is disempowered by government and economy, yet he/she could become more empowered if he/she were better informed. He then argues that the media is equally disempowered. Therefore, the public service that should be journalism falls short.
In a lot of ways he is right but he does not account for the ways that technology has changed the profession. For example, he says that journalists spend most of their time interacting with sources and fellow journalists instead of with their audience. Not so anymore. Our social networks have made us far more accessible to our audience than ever before. Inevitably so. He also argues that the media does not have enough diversity and opinion. The Internet is also taking care of that. Additionally, he says that every news story needs to be localized, which is something we are all trying to figure out how to do since the Internet has globalized our industry.
Gans makes poignant suggestions for fundamental changes in journalism, all in the name of "civic democracy." It would be interesting to study if and how journalists have implemented his suggestions using the new media tools available."
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