{"product_id":"how-media-ownership-matters-9780199931316","title":"How Media Ownership Matters","description":"Does it matter who owns and funds the media? As journalists and management consultants set off in search of new business models, there's a pressing need to understand anew the economic underpinnings of journalism and its role in democratic societies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Media Ownership Matters \u003c\/em\u003eprovides a fresh approach to understanding news media power, moving beyond the typical emphasis on market concentration or media moguls. Through a comparative analysis of the US, Sweden, and France, as well as interviews of news executives and editors and an original collection of industry data, this book maps and analyzes four ownership models: market, private, civil society, and public. Highlighting the effects of organizational logics, funding, and target audiences on the content of news, the authors identify both the strengths and weaknesses various forms of ownership have in facilitating journalism that meets the democratic ideals of reasoned, critical, and inclusive public debate. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eHow Media Ownership Matters\u003c\/em\u003e provides a roadmap to understanding how variable forms of ownership are shaping the future of journalism and democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRodney Benson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Affiliated Faculty in Sociology at New York University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eShaping Immigration News: A French-American Comparison\u003c\/em\u003e, co-author of \u003cem\u003ePublic Media and Political Independence\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eBourdieu and the Journalistic Field\u003c\/em\u003e. His theorizing and research on news media ownership, funding, and audiences have appeared in \u003cem\u003eNiemanLab\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Monde Diplomatique\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e, and leading social scientific journals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMattias Hess?rus\u003c\/strong\u003e is Director of the Ax: son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy and sits on the steering committee of the Engelsberg Applied History Programme at the University of Cambridge and King's College London. Hess?rus holds a PhD in history from Uppsala University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eR?tten till privatlivet\u003c\/em\u003e, a history of the press and privacy in Sweden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Neff \u003c\/strong\u003eis Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Leicester's School of Arts, Media and Communication. He was a 2019-2020 fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet \u0026amp; Society and a 2020-2021 postdoctoral research fellow at the Media, Inequality and Change Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. His research on journalism, democracy, public spheres, and climate change has been published in numerous academic journals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulie Sedel \u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor in Sociology and Political Science at the University of Strasbourg. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eLes m?dias et la banlieue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirigeants de m?dias\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSociologie des dirigeants de presse\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eAgir par la parole: Porte-paroles et asym?tries de l'espace public\u003c\/em\u003e. Her current research engages with reconfigurations of journalism, through analysis of feminization, modes of financing, and career trajectories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892692259090,"sku":"9780199931316","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6cccb367-1d47-4714-a043-ee54b8b22773.jpg?v=1738202209","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-media-ownership-matters-9780199931316","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}