Media diversity and localism : meaning and metrics

XX, 400 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.

Should we regulate media ownership? / Joel Waldfogel -- On media concentration and the diversity question / Robert B. Horwitz -- Employment and wage effects of radio consolidation / Peter DiCola -- Public and private decision making : the value of diversity in news / Peter J. Alexander and Brendan M. Cunningham -- Convergence of newspaper election coverage, 1992-2000 / Alexander Halavais -- Mediation, mediators and new intermediaries : implications for the design of new communication policies / Stefaan G. Verhulst -- The limits of diversity / Sandra Braman -- Indexing diversity / Steven Wildman -- Tracking localism in television broadcasting : utilizing and structuring public information / Stephen D. McDowell & Jenghoon Lee -- When law and social science go hand in glove : usage and importance of local and national news sources : critical questions and answers for media market analysis / Mark Cooper -- White out : the absence and stereotyping of people of color by the broadcast networks in prime time entertainment programming / Leonard M. Baynes -- Serving the public interest : broadcast news, public affairs programming, and the case for minority ownership / Christine M. Bachen, Allen S. Hammond, IV, and Catherine J.K. Sandoval -- Diversity of exposure / James G. Webster -- A mile wide and an inch deep : measuring media diversity online and offline / Matthew Hindman -- Content diversity online : myth or reality / Eszter Hargittai -- Proactive media policy in an age of content abundance / Ellen P. Goodman. - Includes bibliographical references and index