Democracy without Journalism

Confronting the Misinformation Society

Bibliographic Data

ID20002615
AuthorsVictor Pickard (Associate Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages248
Publication date2019-12-19
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDemocracy Without Journalism? (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780190946753.001.0001
OpenAlexW4231875021
Open LibraryOL29461204M
ISBN9780190946753
LanguageEN
Citations received140

Democracy without Journalism? is about the ongoing journalism crisis and the policies we need to confront it. It exposes the historical roots, market failures, and policy inaction that led to the loss of local journalism and the proliferation of misinformation through both social media and mainstream news. In underscoring these threats to democracy, the book also draws attention to the growing problem of monopoly control over digital infrastructures in general and the rise of platform monopolies in particular, especially the “Facebook problem.” The book proposes that now is an opportune moment to address core weaknesses in US news and information systems and push for alternatives. Above all, the book argues that to understand the underlying pathologies in our news media and the reforms that are needed, we must penetrate to the roots of systemic problems. Toward this aim, Democracy without Journalism? emphasizes the structural nature of journalism’s collapse. The book concludes with an in-depth discussion of new models for journalism, emphasizing the need for a publicly owned and democratically governed media system. Ultimately, the goal is to reinvent journalism

Democracy · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Economic aspects · Freedom of the press · History · Journalisme · Liberté de la presse · Literature · Mass media · Médias · Press and politics