Media diversity and localism : meaning and metrics

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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

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Summary

Questions concerning the quality of media performance and the effectiveness of media policymaking often revolve around the extent to which the media system fulfills the values inherent in diversity and localism principles. This edited volume addresses challenges and issues relating to diversity in local media markets from a media law and policy perspective. Editor Philip M. Napoli provides a conceptual and empirical framework for assessing the success/failure of media markets and media outlets in fulfilling diversity and localism objectives.

Featuring well-known contributors from a variety of disciplines, including media, law, political science, and economics, Media Diversity and Localism explores the following topics:
*media ownership and media diversity and localism;
*conceptual and methodological issues in assessing media diversity and localism;
*minorities, media, and diversity; and
*contextualizing media diversity and localism: audience behavior and new technologies.

This substantive and timely volume speaks to scholars and researchers in the areas of media law and policy, political science, and all others interested in media regulation. It can also be used in a graduate seminar on media policy topics.