Media diversity and localism : meaning and metrics
by
 
Napoli, Philip M.

Title
Media diversity and localism : meaning and metrics

Author
Napoli, Philip M.

ISBN
9780805855487
 
9781410614407

Publication Information
Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

Physical Description
xx, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
LEA's communication series

Series Title
LEA's communication series

Contents
Should we regulate media ownership? / Joel Waldfogel -- On media concentration and the diversity question / Robert B. Horwitz -- Employment and wage effects of radio consolidation / Peter DiCola -- Public and private decision making : the value of diversity in news / Peter J. Alexander and Brendan M. Cunningham -- Convergence of newspaper election coverage, 1992 to 2000 / Alexander Halavais -- Mediation, mediators and new intermediaries : implications for the design of new communications policies / Stefaan G. Verhulst -- The limits of diversity / Sandra Braman -- Indexing diversity / Steven S. Wildman -- Tracking "localism" in television broadcasting : utilizing and structuring public information / Stephen D. McDowell and Jenghoon Lee -- When law and social science go hand in glove : usage and importance of local and national news sources--critical questions and answers for media market analysis / Mark Cooper -- White out : the absence and stereotyping of people of color by the broadcast networks in prime time entertainment programming / Leonard M. Baynes -- Serving the public interest : broadcast news, public affairs programming, and the case for minority ownership / Christine M. Bachen, Allen S. Hammond, IV, and Catherine J.K. Sandoval -- Diversity of exposure / James G. Webster -- A mile wide and an inch deep : measuring media diversity online and offline / Matthew Hindman -- Content diversity online : myth or reality / Eszter Hargittai -- Proactive media policy in an age of content abundance / Ellen P. Goodman.

Subject Term
Mass media -- Ownership -- United States.
 
Local mass media -- United States.
 
Mass media and minorities -- United States.
 
Mass media policy -- United States.

Added Author
Napoli, Philip M.

Electronic Access
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003198.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006003198-b.html
 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006003198-d.html