Making News: The Political Economy of Journalism in Britain and America from the Glorious Revolution to the Internet

This book explores the shifting institutional arrangements that since the seventeenth century have protected the production and distribution of news in Britain and America. These institutional arrangements have taken many forms: advertising, sponsored content, cartels, administrative regulations, an...

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Hauptverfasser: John, Richard R, Silberstein-Loeb, Jonathan
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores the shifting institutional arrangements that since the seventeenth century have protected the production and distribution of news in Britain and America. These institutional arrangements have taken many forms: advertising, sponsored content, cartels, administrative regulations, and government monopoly. The book's theme can be simply put: institutions matter. To understand how news was made, neither markets nor technology, but institutions hold the key. By institutions the book means the relatively stable configuration of laws, administrative protocols, organizational templates, and cultural conventions that facilitate or impede the production and distribution of news. Institutional arrangements have been, on balance, more important than market incentives and technological imperatives in creating and sustaining the organizational capabilities necessary for high-quality journalism. High-quality journalism is built on independent reporting and independent reporting rests on a solid base of financial support.
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199676187.001.0001