LEADER 03383nam 22006732 450 001 9910457831503321 005 20151005020624.0 010 $a1-107-17100-8 010 $a1-280-74946-6 010 $a0-511-81099-7 010 $a0-511-26091-1 010 $a0-511-26148-9 010 $a0-511-25971-9 010 $a0-511-31984-3 010 $a0-511-26036-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000352005 035 $a(EBL)281758 035 $a(OCoLC)476027026 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000200271 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954339 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200271 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10220752 035 $a(PQKB)10884167 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511810992 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281758 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL281758 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158233 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL74946 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000352005 100 $a20141103d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMedia concentration and democracy $ewhy ownership matters /$fC. Edwin Baker$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCommunication, society and politics 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-68788-8 311 $a0-521-86832-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Democracy at the Crossroads: Why Ownership Matters; 2 Not a Real Problem: Many Owners, Many Sources; 3 Not a Real Problem: The Market or the Internet Will Provide; 4 The First Amendment Guarantee of a Free Press: An Objection to Regulation?; 5 Solutions and Responses; Postscript: Policy Opportunism; Notes; Index 330 $aFirmly rooting its argument in democratic and economic theory, the book argues that a more democratic distribution of communicative power within the public sphere and a structure that provides safeguards against abuse of media power provide two of three primary arguments for ownership dispersal. It also shows that dispersal is likely to result in more owners who will reasonably pursue socially valuable journalistic or creative objectives rather than a socially dysfunctional focus on the 'bottom line'. The middle chapters answer those agents, including the Federal Communication Commission, who favor 'deregulation' and who argue that existing or foreseeable ownership concentration is not a problem. The final chapter evaluates the constitutionality and desirability of various policy responses to concentration, including strict limits on media mergers. 410 0$aCommunication, society and politics. 517 3 $aMedia Concentration & Democracy 606 $aMass media$xOwnership$zUnited States 606 $aFreedom of the press$zUnited States 615 0$aMass media$xOwnership 615 0$aFreedom of the press 676 $a302.230973 700 $aBaker$b C. Edwin$0563277 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457831503321 996 $aMedia concentration and democracy$92464094 997 $aUNINA