1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464304703321

Autore

Allen David S. <1955->

Titolo

Democracy, Inc [[electronic resource] ] : the press and law in the corporate rationalization of the public sphere / / David S. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2005

ISBN

1-283-07734-5

9786613077349

0-252-09040-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

The history of communication

Disciplina

343.7309/98

Soggetti

Press law - United States

Corporate state - United States

Democracy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The rise of corporate rationalization -- Corporate rationalization and discourse democracy : seeking alternatives -- Professionalization of the press and law : routinization and management -- Defining a professional mission : the law and the question of public representation -- Corporate ownership and the press : collapsing distinctions -- Public television, parks, parades, and rest areas : managing the property of public life -- Resisting corporate rationalization : toward a discourse theory of the First Amendment.