Exporting Press Freedom: Economic and Editorial Dilemmas in International Media Assistance

ISBN-13: 9781412810531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 334 str.

Craig Lamay

Opis

International media assistance is a small but important form of international democracy-promotion aid. Media assistance boomed after the 1989 transitions in Central Europe, but now fl ows to virtually all regions of the world. Today the media assistance industry is focused on the problem of sustainability: How are free and independent public aff airs media supposed to maintain their editorial mission while facing hostile political systems or the demands of the consumer marketplace?

Spis treści

1: Democratization and the Dilemmas of Media Independence; 2: Democracy Promotion in Foreign Assistance; 3: The Origins and Goals of Media Assistance; 4: The Civil Society Problem: Media Freedom and the “Public Interest”; 5: Editorial Mission and the Dilemma of Revenue Sources; 6: Sustaining Independent Media: Case Studies in Media Firms and Assistance Providers; Conclusion

O autorze

Craig LaMay