The Arsenal of Democracy
Media Accountability Systems
Claude-Jean Bertrand(Author)
Hampton Press
Published on 31. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-57273-426-5 (ISBN)
Description
Everyone agrees that news media cannot be ruled solely by the profit motive and that government regulation on media is extremely dangerous. How then can we obtain good service from news media? As far as ethics is concerned, can we depend on the moral conscience of professionals to insure good service? The answer is MAS, nongovermental media accountability systems. The book concentrates on MAS as one of the three pillars of goods new media, together with free enterprise and state regulation. It presents general information about the major media accountability systems and their useful(press council, ombudsman, journalism review, etc.) and a chapter on each of them is written by an expert who has been involved with that particular system.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cresskill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, indexes
Weight
588 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57273-426-5 (9781572734265)
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