Baker, C. Edwin.

Media concentration and democracy : why ownership matters / C. Edwin Baker. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 256 p. ; 24 cm. - Communication, society, and politics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-248) and index.

Democracy at the crossroads: why ownership matters -- Not a real problem: many owners, many sources -- Not a real problem: the market or the internet will provide -- The First Amendment guarantee of a free press: an objection to regulation? -- Solutions and responses -- Postscript: policy opportunism.

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Mass media--Ownership--United States.
Freedom of the press--United States.

P96.E252 / B167m 2007 P96.E252 / B167m 2007

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