MEDIA INDEPENDENCE: WORKING WITH FREEDOM OR WORKING FOR FREE?

BENNETT, James, Niki Strange (Eds.), Stephen Jukes, Stuart Allan, Geoff King, David Hesmondhalgh, Leslie M. Meier, Et Al.

ISBN 10: 1138023485 / ISBN 13: 9781138023482

Published by Routledge, New York And London, 2015

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8vo. pp xii, [ii], 291. Publisher's colour printed boards with white and blue lettering at front and spine. ISBN: 9781138023482 Very good indeed, with light shelfwear at corners.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MEDIA INDEPENDENCE: WORKING WITH FREEDOM OR WORKING FOR FREE?
• Publisher: Routledge, New York And London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138023485
• ISBN 13: 9781138023482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

Media independence is central to the organization, make-up, working practices and output of media systems across the globe. Often stemming from western notions of individual and political freedoms, independence has informed the development of media across a range of platforms: from the freedom of the press as the "fourth estate" and the rise of Hollywood’s Independent studios and Independent television in Britain, through to the importance of "Indy" labels in music and gaming and the increasing importance of independence of voice in citizen journalism. Media independence for many, therefore, has come to mean working with freedom: from state control or interference, from monopoly, from market forces, as well as freedom to report, comment, create and document without fear of persecution. However, far from a stable concept that informs all media systems, the notion of media independence has long been contested, forming a crucial tension point in the regulation, shape, size and role of the media around the globe.

Contributors including David Hesmondhalgh, Gholam Khiabany, José van Dijck, Hector Postigo, Anthony Fung, Stuart Allan and Geoff King demonstrate how the notion of independence has remained paramount, but contested, in ideals of what the media is for, how it should be regulated, what it should produce and what working within it should be like. They address questions of economics, labor relations, production cultures, ideologies and social functions.

About the Author

James Bennett is Head of the Media Arts Department and Reader in Television & Digital Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Niki Strange is Research Fellow at University of Sussex, UK and runs her own digital media consultancy, Strange Digital, where she provides research, business development and strategy consulting for creative businesses and organizations.