Democratization and the Media

ISBN-13: 9780714648941 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 288 str.

Vicky Randall

Opis

Mass communications media play a potentially crucial role both in democratization and in ensuring democracy's survival. The essays commissioned for this volume analyze differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts.

Spis treści

Introduction, Vicky Randall; Chapter 1 The News Media and Democracy in the United States, David Mervin; Chapter 2 The Media and the Public Sphere in Fifth Republic France, Raymond Kuhn; Chapter 3 The Media and Intra-Part y Democracy: ‘New’ Labour and the Clause Four Debate in Britain, Dominic Wring; Chapter 4 Privacy and Media Intrusion in a Democratic Society: Britain and the Calcutt Reports, Martin Cloonan; Chapter 5 Democratization and the Media in Poland 1989–97, Frances Millard; Chapter 6 Regime Transition and the Media in Taiwan, Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley; Chapter 7 Asia and the International Press: The Political Significance of Expanding MarketsThanks to Robert Roche for his research assistance in the preparation of this contribution and to Vicky Randall for constructive criticisms on an earlier draft of this work., Garry Rodan; Chapter 8 Seeking Theory from Experience: Media Regulation in ChinaPart s of this contribution draw significantly on H.L. Fu and Richard Cullen, Media Law in the PRC (Asia Law and Practice, Hong Kong, 1996), Chapter s 2 and 13. The authors would like to thank everyone who has helped in the preparation of this study, in Part icular Winnie Tam of the City University of Hong Kong for her assistance and Claire Wong, Sally Yam, Choice Choi, Winnie Yeung, David Hui, Heidi Choy and Pinky Choy for their valuable research work and general assistance. This work is generously supported by a Strategic Research Grant from the City University of Hong Kong. The views expressed are those of the authors., Richard Cullen, Hua Ling Fu; Chapter 9 The Media and Democratization in the Middle East: The Strange Case of TelevisionThe author thanks Lena Jayyusi of Al-Quods University, Jerusalem and Stephen Barraclough of the Australian National University, Canberra for their thoughtful critical comments; she alone is responsible for the final product., Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi; Chapter 10 The Promotion of Democracy at the Grass-roots: The Example of Radio in Mali, Mary Myers; Chapter 11 Democracy and the Information Superhighway, Mark Wheeler; Chapter 12 Concluding Comments, Vicky Randall;

O autorze

Vicky Randall