LEADER 03859nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910965279403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613077349 010 $a9781283077347 010 $a1283077345 010 $a9780252090400 010 $a0252090403 035 $a(CKB)3390000000006603 035 $a(EBL)3413938 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543449 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332700 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543449 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520323 035 $a(PQKB)10027365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3413938 035 $a(OCoLC)743408759$z(OCoLC)785782150$z(OCoLC)816836216$z(OCoLC)923493935$z(OCoLC)961669489$z(OCoLC)962606152 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn743408759 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3413938 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533445 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL307734 035 $a(OCoLC)923493935 035 $a(Perlego)2382337 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000006603 100 $a20041007d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy, Inc $ethe press and law in the corporate rationalization of the public sphere /$fDavid S. Allen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 1 $aThe history of communication 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252029752 311 08$a0252029755 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [161]-194) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 8 $aIn Democracy, Inc., David S. Allen exposes the vested interests behind the U.S. slide toward conflating corporate values with public and democratic values. He argues that rather than being institutional protectors of democratic principles, the press and law perversely contribute to the destruction of public discourse in the United States today.Allen utilizes historical, philosophical, sociological, and legal sources to trace America's gradual embrace of corporate values. He argues that such values, including winning, efficiency, and profitability actually limit democratic involvement by devaluing discursive principles, creating an informed yet inactive public. Through an examination of professionalization in both the press and the law, corporate free speech rights, and free speech as property, Democracy, Inc. demonstrates that today's democracy is more about trying to control and manage citizens than giving them the freedom to participate. Allen not only calls on institutions to reform the way they understand and promote citizenship but also asks citizens to adopt a new ethic of public discourse that values understanding rather than winning. 410 0$aHistory of communication. 517 3 $aDemocracy, incorporated 606 $aPress law$zUnited States 606 $aCorporate state$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 615 0$aPress law 615 0$aCorporate state 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a343.7309/98 700 $aAllen$b David S.$f1955-$01814620 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965279403321 996 $aDemocracy, Inc$94368632 997 $aUNINA