Media independence is central to the organization, make-up, working
practices and output of media systems across the globe. Often
stemming from western notions of individual and political freedoms,
independence has informed the development of media across a range
of platforms: from the freedom of the press as the "fourth estate"
and the rise of Hollywood's Independent studios and Independent
television in Britain, through to the importance of "Indy" labels
in music and gaming and the increasing importance of independence
of voice in citizen journalism. Media independence for many,
therefore, has come to mean working with freedom: from state
control or interference, from monopoly, from market forces, as well
as freedom to report, comment, create and document without fear of
persecution. However, far from a stable concept that informs all
media systems, the notion of media independence has long been
contested, forming a crucial tension point in the regulation,
shape, size and role of the media around the globe. Contributors
including David Hesmondhalgh, Gholam Khiabany, Jose van Dijck,
Hector Postigo, Anthony Fung, Stuart Allan and Geoff King
demonstrate how the notion of independence has remained paramount,
but contested, in ideals of what the media is for, how it should be
regulated, what it should produce and what working within it should
be like. They address questions of economics, labor relations,
production cultures, ideologies and social functions.
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