Democracy without Citizens

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An important contribution to our understanding of both the role and limitations of the press in advancing the democratic agenda. * Marvin Kalb, Harvard University * Entman's study shows how media-fed demagogy robs citizens of essential information. It also provides a guide through - and possibly out of - the contemporary dilemma of American democracy. * George Gerbner, Dean Annenburg School of Communications, University of Penn. * Entman contributes some original criticism to the old debate, constructing arguments that will be more difficult to dismiss, for they avoid scapegoating politicians, media managers as greedy, or readers and viewers as apathetic... Democracy Without Citizens is, on the whole, an unusual departure from an often partisan and predictable body of literature. * Philadelphia Inquirer *