Democracy, inc. : the press and law in the corporate rationalization of the public sphere /
Democracy, incorporated
David S. Allen.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2005.
- 1 online resource.
- The history of communication .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The rise of corporate rationalization -- Corporate rationalization and discourse democracy : seeking alternatives -- Professionalization of the press and law : routinization and management -- Defining a professional mission : the law and the question of public representation -- Corporate ownership and the press : collapsing distinctions -- Public television, parks, parades, and rest areas : managing the property of public life -- Resisting corporate rationalization : toward a discourse theory of the First Amendment.
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Press law--United States. Corporate state--United States. Democracy--United States.