Government interventions in media markets are often criticized for preventing audiences from getting the media products they want. A free press is often asserte

Firmly rooting its argument in democratic and economic theory, the book argues that a more democratic distribution of communicative power within the public sphe

Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and th

An updated edition of the “penetrating study” examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a f

These essays discuss US policy in regulating the media and the reconciliation of the First Amendment.