Media, markets, and democracy / / C. Edwin Baker [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783057503321
• Autore: Baker C. Edwin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-107-12373-9; 1-283-33147-0; 9786613331472; 1-139-13404-3; 1-139-13029-3; 0-511-04165-9; 0-511-15571-9; 0-511-61322-9; 0-511-04397-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 377 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Communication, society and politics
• Disciplina: 302.23
• Soggetti: Mass media - Marketing; Mass media - Political aspects; Democracy; Freedom of the press; Mitjans de comunicació de massa; Llibertat d'informació; Democràcia; Propaganda política; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-364) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART I Serving Audiences; PART II Serving Citizens; PART III An Illustration: International Trade; Conclusion; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Government interventions in media markets are often criticized for preventing audiences from getting the media products they want. A ; free press is often asserted to be essential for democracy. The first point is incorrect and the second is inadequate as a policy guide. Part I of this book shows that unique aspects of media products prevent markets from providing for audience desires. Part II shows that four prominent, but different, theories of democracy lead to different conceptions of good journalistic practice, media policy, and proper constitutional principles. Part II makes clear that the choice among democratic theories is crucial for understanding what should be meant by free press. Part III explores international free trade in media products. Contrary to the dominant American position, it shows that Parts I and II's economic and democratic theory justify deviations from free trade in media products.