The Return of the Public - Democracy, Power and the Case for Media Reform (Paperback)

Under the incurious gaze of the major media, the political establishment and the financial sector have become increasingly deceitful and dangerous in recent years. At the same time, journalists at Rupert Murdoch's News International and elsewhere have been breaking the law on an industrial scale. Now we are expected to stay quiet while those who presided over the shambles judge their own conduct. In The Return of the Public, Dan Hind argues for reform of the media as a necessary prelude to wider social transformation. A former commissioning editor, Hind urges us to focus on the powers of the media to instigate investigations and to publicize the results, powers that editors and owners are desperate to keep from general deliberation. Hind describes a programme of reform that is modest, simple and informed by years of experience. It is a programme that much of the media cannot bring themselves even to acknowledge, precisely because it threatens their private power. It is time the public had their say.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Dan Hind
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-84467-863-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Financial crises & disasters Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	1-84467-863-6
Barcode:	9781844678631

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