The Position of the Press in the U. S. Power Structure

Bibliographic Data

ID22796010
AuthorsPeter Dreier (Tufts University, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume29
Issue3
Pages298-310
Publication date1982-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/800161
OpenAlexW1995551697
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited26

This paper examines the institutional links between the U.S. power elite and the press. Specifically, it looks at the institutional affiliations (corporate directorships, business and trade associations and policy groups, non-profit civic groups, and social clubs) of the directors of the nation's 24 largest newspaper-owning companies. The data reveal a web of affiliations that link all these corporations to the nation's power structure, but also reveal that some newspaper-owning companies are more linked than others. Those firms most closely linked to the power elite are those with the greatest journalistic and political influence. These, in turn, display and are distinguished from most other newspapers by a “corporate liberal” ideology that reflects the viewpoint of the “inner group” of the capitalist class.

Economics · Elite · Ideology · Media studies · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Power (physics) · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Finance · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

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