The Democratic Socialist Hierarchy of Press Freedom Needs

Bibliographic Data

ID22886202
AuthorsRobert G Picard (0000-0002-2573-2051, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume7
Issue2
Pages79-90
Publication date1982-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Communication Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0196-8599 • E-ISSN: 1552-4612
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/019685998200700202
OpenAlexW1975657041
LanguageEN
References cited5

Evolutionary changes in Western thought and political participation during the last half-century have led to a reevaluation of the role of the individual, the state, and other institutions in modern democracies. A hybrid philosophy has developed out of this reconsideration of socio-political theories that reasserts the democratic participation of individuals in all spheres of life which affect them. The major impetus for this new philosophy arose because of the changing nature of the relationship between the state and economics. This relationship has increasingly denied citizens the ability to participate in economic decisions, and developments such as the growth of special interest groups, power elites and the decline in opportunities to effectively voice opinions have denied citizens the ability to fully participate in political; economic and social decision making. As two political scientists recently observed,...(T)he separation of economic and political power no longer exists. Widespread market failure has given rise, in this century, to the in-terventionist state. Routinely shaping, correcting, supplementing and replacing the market mechanism, the interventionist state is explicitly com-Robert G. Picard, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri School of

Democracy · Freedom of the press · Hierarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Social Media and Politics