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001			000548127
003			OCoLC
005			20240105150321.0
008			100513s2002 enk rb 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2001025498
020			_a0521804353
020			_a9780521804356
020			_a0521009774 (pb.)
020			_a9780521009775 (pb.)
035			_a355071
040			_aDLC _bspa _cDLC _dUIASF
050		4	_aP 96.M36 _bB353.2002
100	1		_aBaker, C. Edwin
245	1	0	_aMedia, markets, and democracy / _cC. Edwin Baker.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University, _c2002.
300			_axiv, 377 p. ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aCommunication, society, and politics
504			_aIncluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 309-364) e índice.
520	1		_a"The mass media and free press should serve people both as consumers and as citizens. Critics claim that government interventions in media markets prevent audiences from getting the media products they want. Political theorists assert that a free press is essential for democracy. The critics' claim is incorrect and the theorists' assertion is inadequate as a policy or constitutional guide. Even if markets properly provide for people's desires or preferences for most products, Part I of this book shows that unique aspects of media products systematically cause markets to fail in respect to them. Part II shows that four prominent, but different, theories of democracy lead to different conceptions of good journalistic practice, good media policy, and proper constitutional principles. While implicitly favoring a theory of "complex democracy," Part II makes it clear that the choice among democratic theories is crucial for understanding what should be meant by a free press. Part III explores one currently controversial issue - international free trade in media products. Contrary to the American negotiating position relating to media products, both economic and democratic theory justify deviations from free trade."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aMass media _xMarketing
650		4	_aMedios de comunicación masiva _xMercadotecnia
650		0	_aMass media _xPolitical aspects
650		4	_aMedios de comunicación masiva _xAspectos políticos
650		0	_aDemocracy
650		4	_aDemocracia.
650		0	_aFreedom of the press
650		4	_aLibertad de prensa
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942		1	_cNEWBFXC1
999			_c516764 _d516764
980			_851 _gRonald RUIZ