A Plurality of Voices?

ISBN-13: 9783639175950 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str.

Stuart Babington

Opis

The idea that multiple and diverse voices areessential to a democratic system has held sway withtheorists and jurists for centuries. Newspaperpublishers have by and large fallen into agreementbut have resisted any governmental attempts to ensurethat many newspapers remain relevant in themarketplace. It was after one such objection in theearly 1960s that the downward spiral of newspapersbegan to grow more pronounced. The rise of television news, growing economicpressures, the migration of people from the cities tothe suburbs and the changing reading habits ofAmericans weakened many newspapers and killed others.Many other newspapers found security in numbers,either joining operations with a partner or sellingto enterprising industrialists with ideas of makingprofits. The industrialists often found that theacquisition of multiple communications properties -particularly those in concentrated geographical areas- made the publishing business profitable. This study explores the issue of newspapercompetition through the lenses of legal andhistorical evidence. It establishes a context for thetreacherous environment in which newspapers existtoday.

O autorze

Stuart Babington, Ph.D.: Studied Mass Communications, with an
emphasis in journalism history and law, at the University of
Southern Mississippi. Assistant professor of journalism, Spring
Hill College, Mobile, Ala.