Description: Democracy and the News, Paperback by Gans, Herbert J., ISBN 0195173279, ISBN-13 9780195173277, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 Americas most astute social critics explores the crucial link between a weakened news media and weakened democracy. Building on his 1979 classic media critique Deciding Whats News, Herbert Gans shows how, with the advent of cable news networks, the internet,
and a proliferation of other sources, the role of contemporary journalists has shrunk, as the audience for news moves away from major print and electronic media to smaller and smaller outlets. Gans argues that journalism also suffers from assembly-line modes of production, with the major product
being publicity for the president and other top political officials, the very people citizens most distrust. In such an environment, investigative journalism--which could offer citizens the information they need to make intelligent critical choices on a range of difficult issues--cannot flourish.
But Gans offers incisive suggestions about what the news media can do to recapture its role in American society and what political and economic changes might move us closer to a true citizens democracy.
Touching on questions of critical national importance, Democracy and the News sheds new light on the vital importance of a healthy news media for a healthy democracy.
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Book Title: Democracy and the News
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2004
Topic: Media Studies, Journalism
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Item Weight: 5.8 Oz
Item Length: 5.3 in
Author: Herbert J. Gans
Item Width: 7.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
