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Title
Rethinking Media Pluralism / Kari Karppinen.
Author
Karppinen, Kari, author.
ISBN
9780823245154
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (256 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1515/9780823245154 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.23
Summary
Access to a broad range of different political views and cultural expressions is often regarded as a self-evident value in both theoretical and political debates on media and democracy. Pluralism is commonly accepted as a guiding principle of media policy in addressing media concentration, the role of public service media, or more recently such questions as how to respond to search engines, social networking sites, and citizen media. However, opinions on the meaning and nature of media pluralism as a concept vary widely, and definitions of it can easily be adjusted to suit different political purposes. Rethinking Media Pluralism contends that the notions of media pluralism and diversity have been reduced to empty catchphrases or conflated with consumer choice and market competition. In this narrow logic, key questions about social and political values, democracy, and citizenship are left unexamined. In this provocative new book, Kari Karppinen argues that media pluralism needs to be rescued from its depoliticized uses and re-imagined more broadly as a normative value that refers to the distribution of communicative power in the public sphere. Instead of something that could simply be measured through the number of media outlets available, media pluralism should be understood in terms of its ability to challenge inequalities and create a more democratic public sphere.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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text file PDF
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
Series
Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
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Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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print 9780823245123
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. Theorizing Pluralism and the Public Sphere
1. Three Models of Democratic Pluralism
2. Pluralization and Its Problems
3. Towards a Critical Concept of Media Pluralism
PART II. The Politics of Media Pluralism
4. Aspects and Scope of Media Pluralism
5. Paradoxes of Communicative Abundance
6. Uses of Pluralism in Contemporary Media Policy
7. Empirical Indicators and the Politics of Criteria
Conclusion
Reference List
Index
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. Theorizing Pluralism and the Public Sphere
1. Three Models of Democratic Pluralism
2. Pluralization and Its Problems
3. Towards a Critical Concept of Media Pluralism
PART II. The Politics of Media Pluralism
4. Aspects and Scope of Media Pluralism
5. Paradoxes of Communicative Abundance
6. Uses of Pluralism in Contemporary Media Policy
7. Empirical Indicators and the Politics of Criteria
Conclusion
Reference List
Index