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Product details
- ISBN 9780873387545
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 153 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 2002
- Publisher: Kent State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A compilation of essays and commentary delivered at the second annual Kent State University Symposium on Democracy, this work recognizes and considers the differences that arise when the competitive forces of commerce clash with the demand for the open availability of information in a democratic society. The conflicting roles of advocate-initiator and objective reporter for journalists who cover community politics; the role of the news media in forming public attitudes toward things political and their role in affecting voter nonparticipation; the role of financial considerations in the news media's attempt to provide citizens with needed news and perspective on political affairs; and particularly the role of the conglomeration of ownership of news media organizations are a few of the topics discussed in this volume.
Joseph Harper is professor of journalism and mass communication at Kent State University. Thom Yantek is associate professor of political science at Kent State University. Harper and Yantek cochaired the second annual KSU Symposium on Democracy
