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1 online resource |
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Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
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Routledge research in cultural and media studies.
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Introduction: The Utopia of Independent Media: Independence, Working with Freedom and Working for Free / James Bennett -- Indies, Independents and Independence. Guarding the Guardians: The Leveson Inquiry and the Future of Independent Journalism / Stephen Jukes and Stuart Allan -- Differences of Kind and Degree: Articulations of Independence in American Cinema / Geoff King -- From Independence to Independents, Public Service to Profit: British TV and the Impossibility of Independence / James Bennett -- Popular Music, Independence and the Concept of the Alternative in Contemporary Capitalism / David Hesmondhalgh and Leslie M. Meier -- A Vision of and for the Networked World: John Perry Barlow's Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace at Twenty / Daniel Kreiss -- Working with Freedom or Working for Free. A Moral Economy of Independent Work? Creative Freedom and Public Service in UK Digital Agencies / James Bennett, Niki Strange and Andrea Medrado -- Indie TV: Innovation in Series Development / Aymar Jean Christian -- Social Media and Journalistic Independence / Thomas Poell and Jose van Dijck -- Playing for Work: Independence as Promise in Gameplay Commentary on YouTube / Hector Postigo -- Independence in a Cold Political Climate. From Perestroika to Putin: Journalism in Russia / James Rodgers -- Independence within the Boundaries: State Control and Strategies of Chinese Television for Freedom / Anthony Fung, Xiaoxiao Zhang and Luzhou Li -- Uneven and Combined Independence of Social Media in the Middle East: Technology, Symbolic Production and Unproductive Labor / Gholam Khiabany |
| Summary |
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, therefor |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Mass media -- Political aspects.
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Social media -- Political aspects
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Citizen journalism -- Political aspects
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Freedom of the press.
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Censorship.
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Government and the press.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Médias.
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Liberté d'information.
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Journalisme.
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Censure.
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Analyse comparative.
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Censorship
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Freedom of the press
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Government and the press
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Social media -- Political aspects
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bennett, James, 1978- editor.
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Strange, Niki, 1979- editor.
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| ISBN |
1317690346 |
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9781317690344 |
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9781322327037 |
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1322327033 |
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