Media Accountability and Freedom of PublicationWhat are the media's responsibilities? To whom are they accountable? Are they increasingly growing out of control? In the twenty-first century, our mass media are becoming more powerful and more difficult to hold to account, and attempts at control to prevent harm or make media more responsible are often viewed as infringements of market and media freedom. In this stimulating new study, Denis McQuail argues that freedom and accountability are not incompatible and shows ways forward to greater responsibility. |
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Contents
From Communication Values | 68 |
Issues and Forms | 91 |
On the Media as Cause | 139 |
ACCOUNTABILITY | 167 |
A Framework of Assessment | 209 |
The Media Market | 231 |
Media Law and Regulation | 251 |
Alternatives to Law and the Market | 270 |
Lessons from Accountability Theory | 297 |
Policy Implications | 316 |
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| Title | Media Accountability and Freedom of Publication |
| Author | Denis McQuail |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0198742517, 9780198742517 |
| Length | 366 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies Social Science / Media Studies |
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