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Zusatztext Professor Greg Philo! Glasgow Media Group: "a really excellent account of how agenda control in the information age is secured through alliances between political! economic and media elites. It is essential reading for contemporary social science and media studies - and especially for students and teachers interested in how communications relate to political and economic power"Paul Mason! author and journalist: "In an analytical tour de force! Schlosberg weaves through the complexities of media political economy in the 21st century! illuminating the often unseen ways in which both old and new forms of media power are coalescing and deeply impacting on the mainstream agenda. A must read for anyone with a concern for the media's enduring potential to distort public debate and subvert democracy! as well as how things could be different."Professor Natalie Fenton! Goldsmiths College: "This is a vitally important book for anyone interested in the relationship between media! power and democracy. With deftness and critical diligence! Schlosberg redefines debates over media ownership and control for the digital age. He reveals that far from power waning in a world of media abundance! the agenda influencing power of major media brands is in fact evolving. And then he tells us what we can do about it. Brilliant." Ken Loach: 'Justin Schlosberg asks a question central to our democracy: who writes the news? Who do they represent? What are the ideas and interests they defend? This book will be an invaluable contribution to understanding who controls the flow and interpretation of news and! further! how we should establish a press that is genuinely free.' Informationen zum Autor Justin Schlosberg is a media lecturer! researcher and activist based at Birkbeck College! University of London! and current Chair of the Media Reform Coalition. Zusammenfassung Media Ownership and Agenda Control presents a vital and comprehensive analysis of ownership and control of media providers and outlets today, and the affect that these ownership strictures have on news sources and journalistic autonomy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements Part One: Heard and not Seen Introduction Behind Closed Doors The Art of the Impossible Part Two: Dispersal Dismantling the Gates Proliferation Endurance and Resurgence Two-sided Preferences Part Three: Transferral Directing the Flow Getting to Know You The Tyranny of Automation Manual Control Part Four: Co-existence The Long and the Short of it Big Headedness The Media-Technology-Military-Industrial Complex Part Five: Demanding the Impossible Sources of Control XVI. The Politics of Measurement XVII. Safeguards and Remedies XVIII. Conclusion Index ...
