A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy

Schejter, Amit M.; Tirosh, Noam

ISBN 10: 3319415093 / ISBN 13: 9783319415093

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Synopsis:

In this book, distributional justice theories developed by John Rawls and Amartya Sen are applied to the governance of today’s media, proposing a fresh,  and innovative assessment of the potential role for media in society. Three case studies describe the utilization of new media by marginalized communities in Israel – Ethiopian immigrants, the Bedouin and Palestinians – and set the stage for media policy scholars, teachers and students to discuss an analytic framework for media policy that is fresh, different, innovative and original. Departing from the utilitarian principles that dominate Western liberal regimes, and that have led to the proliferation of media systems in which control is concentrated in the hands of the few, this work proposes an alternative that focuses on redistributing power and voice. 

About the Author:

Amit M. Schejter is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Co-director of the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University, USA. 

Noam Tirosh is a post-doctoral fellow at the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies at Northwestern University, USA                         

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New