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Media Ownership and Agenda Control: The hidden limits of the information age book cover

1st Edition

Media Ownership and Agenda Control The hidden limits of the information age

By Justin Schlosberg Copyright 2017
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge
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Media Ownership and Agenda Control offers a detailed examination of media ownership amidst the complexities of the information age, from the resurgence of press barons to the new influence wielded by internet giants. Much of the discussion pivots around recent revelations and controversies in the media industry, such as the findings published in 2012 from the Leveson Inquiry, the US Federal... Read more

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    Acknowledgements

    Part One: Heard and not Seen

    1. Introduction

    2. Behind Closed Doors

    3. The Art of the Impossible

      4. Part Two: Dispersal

    4. Dismantling the Gates

    5. Proliferation

    6. Endurance and Resurgence

    7. Two-sided Preferences

      8. Part Three: Transferral

    8. Directing the Flow

    9. Getting to Know You

    10. The Tyranny of Automation

    11. Manual Control

      12. Part Four: Co-existence

    12. The Long and the Short of it

    13. Big Headedness

    14. The Media-Technology-Military-Industrial Complex

      15. Part Five: Demanding the Impossible

    15. Sources of Control

    XVI. The Politics of Measurement

    XVII. Safeguards and Remedies

    XVIII. Conclusion

    Index

    　

    Biography

    Justin Schlosberg is a media lecturer, researcher and activist based at Birkbeck College, University of London, and current Chair of the Media Reform Coalition.

    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.’

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