Media Concentration and Democracy. Why Ownership Matters, Paperback/***

This book provides a normative critique of mass media ownership concentration. It emphasizes a democratic need to distribute communicative power more widely and to prevent abuse of media power. It also shows why ownership dispersal can be expected to improve the quality of media content. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): C. Edwin (University of Pennsylvania) Baker Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 272 Collection: Communication, Society and Politics Publication date: 2006 Dimensions: 228 x 150 x 10 Cover type: Paperback / softback