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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Entman, Robert M. Democracy without citizens. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989 (OCoLC)583007254 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert M Entman |
| ISBN: | 0195053133 9780195053135 019506576X 9780195065763 |
| OCLC Number: | 18381745 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xii, 232 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1 : understanding media influence -- The dilemma of journalism : democracy without citizens -- Objectivity, bias, and slant in the news -- Straight talk on slanted news : "bias" and accountability in reporting Carter and Reagan -- How the media affect what people think-and think they think -- Part 2 : improving journalism -- Newspaper competition and free press ideals : does monopoly matter? -- Faith and mystification in broadcast deregulation -- Improving journalism by enhancing citizenship. |
| Responsibility: | Robert M. Entman. |
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Abstract:
Entman argues that a vicious circle of interdependence exists between journalism and the United States audience, because the sophistication of the citizenry does not support high-quality, independent political discourse, so that journalism becomes more of a "spin" machine which caters to specific demographic markets.
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