Media accountability and freedom of publication
"This new study by Denis McQuail identifies problematic trends and issues, and outlines the principles underlying media regulation and accountability. In a wide-ranging discussion, which demonstrates that freedom and accountability are not incompatible, the book includes: a review of relevant theory of media and society; a statement of basic communication/publication values; an overview of the system of media governance; an assessment of media effects; a clarification of key concepts, especially accountability, responsibility, freedom, and publication; an application of theory to current issues of media policy; and a comparative assessment of the alternative means available for holding media to account."--Jacket
xii, 366 pages ; 23 cm
9780198742517, 0198742517
53392707
pt. I. The Context
1. Accountability for Publication in the Information Age
2. The Rise of the Media as Responsible Actor
pt. II. Normative Theory of Media
3. Publication and the Public Interest: The Sources of Media Responsibilities
4. From Communication Values to Criteria of Performance
pt. III. Governance and Public Roles of the Media
5. The Governance of the Media: Issues and Forms
6. The Responsibilities of the Media: Alternative Perspectives
7. On the Media as Cause
pt. IV. Theory of Media, Freedom, and Accountability
8. Freedom and Accountability
9. Responsibility and Accountability: Conceptual Distinctions
10. A Framework of Assessment
pt. V. Ways and Means of Accountability
11. The Media Market
12. Media Law and Regulation
13. Alternatives to Law and the Market
pt. VI. Drawing Conclusions
14. Lessons from Accountability Theory
15. Policy Implications