Media Freedom: The Contradictions Of Communications In The Age Of Modernity

by Richard Barbrook and Barbrook

Most people believe that the freedom of the media is an essential prerequisite of a modern democracy. Yet there is also a growing conviction that the media are turning democratic politics into a branch of show business. Contemporary politics have been trivialised into a series of sound-bites and photo opportunities, and the 'classical' role of the media as a forum for rational debate between rival ideas has been traded for media controlled by collective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745309437
• ISBN13: 9780745309439
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.5" x 8.7"