On Media Monitoring: The Media and Their Contribution to Democracy (Mass Communication and Journalism) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433111039 ISBN 13: 9781433111037

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

This book questions how to monitor the contribution of mass media to democracy, and focuses on the initiatives, achievements and flaws of media monitoring. Moving beyond previous studies which have tended to discuss the legal issues related to media freedom alone, On Media Monitoring takes a broader approach, examining media structure, ownership, policy, economics, company conduct, law and regulation – all important indicators of how well the mass media serve contemporary democracies. Throughout, the book strikes a balance between monitoring initiatives with an academic, governmental, and non-governmental origin.
The book – which includes a new monitoring model, the Media for Democracy Monitor, together with the results of its initial empirical implementation – is intended to further discussion about how to monitor the contribution of the mass media to democracy. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars who teach and research in this area.

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About the Author

Josef Trappel is Professor of Media Policy and Media Economics the University of Salzburg, Austria. He conducts research in the fields of media and democracy, media policy, and media economics.
Werner A. Meier is the Director of SwissGIS, the Swiss Centre for Studies on the Global Information Society at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His work concentrates on democratic media governance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1433111039
• ISBN 13: 9781433111037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306
• Editor: Trappel Josef, Meier Werner A