Press freedom and national development
Toward a re-conceptualization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9848786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jae-kyoung Lee (0000-0003-3188-346X, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, U.S.A., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 149-163 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gazette (Leiden Netherlands (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-5492 • E-ISSN: 1460-3594 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001654929104800301 |
| OpenAlex | W2046970184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
This paper criticizes the mainstream studies of international press freedom for economic determinism and negligence of important elements such as the notion of power and cultural context. This paper suggests that the notions of "civil society" and the "public sphere" can be utilized as better indicators of press freedom than modernization indices such as per capita income, literacy rates and daily newspaper circulation. Because institutions of civil society and the public sphere are inherently grounded in the history and culture of a society, an adequate analysis of them is expected to yield rich insights about contextual conditions which largely determine the degree of press freedom in a society
Civil society · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology · Economic freedom · Freedom of the press · Geography · Mainstream · Modernization theory · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Human Rights and Development · Law · World Trade Organization Law
Media and the Public Sphere
Four Theories of the Press
The Passing of Traditional Society
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Mass media and national development
Mass Media and National Development. The Role of Information in the Developing Countries
Press Freedom in Asia
Freedom of the Press
Newspapers Under Tribulation
People Power and Development
The Passing of Traditional Society
A Study of Mass Communication and National Development
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Comparative media research
The Public Sphere
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2004 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |