Converging Media, Diverging Politics A Political Economy of News Media in the United States And Canada

What purpose does the news media serve in contemporary North American society? In this collection of essays, experts from both the United States and Canada investigate this question, exploring the effects of media concentration in democratic systems. Specifically, the scholars collected here consider, from a range of vantage points, how corporate and technological convergence in the news industry in the United States and Canada impacts journalism's expressed role as a medium of democratic communication.Compton, James R. is the author of 'Converging Media, Diverging Politics A Political Economy of News Media in the United States And Canada', published 2005 under ISBN 9780739108277 and ISBN 0739108271.