Media, Profit, and Politics

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Media, Profit, and Politics is written by Joe Harper and published by Kent State University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0873387546 (ISBN 10) and 9780873387545 (ISBN 13).

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.