Media Independence: Working With Freedom Or Working For Free? (routledge Research In Cultural And Media Studies)
by James Bennett /
2014 / English / PDF
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Media independence is central to the organization, make-up,
working practices and output of media systems across the globe.
Often stemming from western notions of individual and political
freedoms, independence has informed the development of media
across a range of platforms: from the freedom of the press as the
"fourth estate" and the rise of Hollywood’s Independent studios
and Independent television in Britain, through to the
importance of "Indy" labels in music and gaming and the
increasing importance of independence of voice in citizen
journalism. Media independence for many, therefore, has come to
mean working with freedom: from state control or interference,
from monopoly, from market forces, as well as freedom to report,
comment, create and document without fear of persecution.
However, far from a stable concept that informs all media
systems, the notion of media independence has long been
contested, forming a crucial tension point in the regulation,
shape, size and role of the media around the globe.
Media independence is central to the organization, make-up,
working practices and output of media systems across the globe.
Often stemming from western notions of individual and political
freedoms, independence has informed the development of media
across a range of platforms: from the freedom of the press as the
"fourth estate" and the rise of Hollywood’s Independent studios
and Independent television in Britain, through to the
importance of "Indy" labels in music and gaming and the
increasing importance of independence of voice in citizen
journalism. Media independence for many, therefore, has come to
mean working with freedom: from state control or interference,
from monopoly, from market forces, as well as freedom to report,
comment, create and document without fear of persecution.
However, far from a stable concept that informs all media
systems, the notion of media independence has long been
contested, forming a crucial tension point in the regulation,
shape, size and role of the media around the globe.
Contributors including David Hesmondhalgh, Gholam Khiabany, Jose
van Dirjk, Hector Postigo, Anthony Fung and Stuart Allan
demonstrate how the notion of independence has remained
paramount, but contested, in ideals of what the media is for, how
it should be regulated, what it should produce and what working
within it should be like. They address questions of economics,
labor relations, production cultures, ideologies and social
functions.
Contributors including David Hesmondhalgh, Gholam Khiabany, Jose
van Dirjk, Hector Postigo, Anthony Fung and Stuart Allan
demonstrate how the notion of independence has remained
paramount, but contested, in ideals of what the media is for, how
it should be regulated, what it should produce and what working
within it should be like. They address questions of economics,
labor relations, production cultures, ideologies and social
functions.