TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christians,Clifford G.
TI  - Normative theories of the media: journalism in democratic societies 
T2  - The history of communication
SN  - 9780252090837
AV  - PN4751 .N676 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Freedom of the press
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction. Beyond Four theories of the press --; Theory. Evolution of normative traditions --; Characteristics of normative theory --; Democracy. The principles and practice of democracy --; Roles of news media in democracy --; Roles. The monitorial role --; The facilitative role --; The radical role --; The collaborative role --; Prospects --; Media roles under challenge; 2; b
N2  - In this book, five scholars of media and communication take on the task of explicating the role of journalism in democratic societies. Using Fred S. Siebert, Theodore Peterson, and Wilbur Schramm's classic Four Theories of the Press as their point of departure, the authors explore the philosophical underpinnings and the political realities that inform a normative approach to questions about the relationship between journalism and democracy, investigating not just what journalism is but what it ought to be. --From publisher's description
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