Restructuring Democratic Infrastructures

A Policy Approach to the Journalism Crisis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22010640
AutoresVictor Pickard (University of Pennsylvania, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen8
Número6
Páginas704-719
Fecha de publicación2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDigital Journalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21670811.2020.1733433
OpenAlexW3011631500
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas51
Referencias citadas30

Democracy requires a free press. However, most people rarely reflect on the requisite infrastructures and policies that maintain a healthy press system. Today, as we look to journalism to protect us against misinformation and authoritarianism, the press is in a structural crisis. Journalism’s institutional support is collapsing, leaving entire regions and issues uncovered at a time when we desperately need reliable information and robust reporting. The crisis is disproportionately harming specific groups and regions, especially communities of color, rural areas, and lower socio-economic neighborhoods. This article addresses key policy issues that are central to the future of journalism, including those connected to media ownership, broadband policy, and the rise of new digital monopolies such as Facebook. It concludes with a call for designing a new public media system in the United States

Authoritarianism · Citizen journalism · Democracy · Freedom of the press · Journalism · Misinformation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Restructuring · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics