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Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and Democracy
Julia Cagé
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Description for Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and Democracy
Hardcover. Julia Cage explains the economics and history of the media crisis and offers a solution: a nonprofit media organization, midway between a foundation and a joint stock company, supported by readers, employees, and innovative financing such as crowdfunding. Her business model is inspired by a central idea: that news, like education, is a public good. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; KJVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
The media are in crisis. Confronted by growing competition and sagging advertising revenue, news operations in print, on radio and TV, and even online are struggling to reinvent themselves. Many have gone under. For too many others, the answer has been to lay off reporters, join conglomerates, and lean more heavily on generic content. The result: in a world awash with information, news organizations provide citizens with less and less in-depth reporting and a narrowing range of viewpoints. If democracy requires an informed citizenry, this trend spells trouble. Julia Cag explains the economics and history of ... Read more
The media are in crisis. Confronted by growing competition and sagging advertising revenue, news operations in print, on radio and TV, and even online are struggling to reinvent themselves. Many have gone under. For too many others, the answer has been to lay off reporters, join conglomerates, and lean more heavily on generic content. The result: in a world awash with information, news organizations provide citizens with less and less in-depth reporting and a narrowing range of viewpoints. If democracy requires an informed citizenry, this trend spells trouble. Julia Cag explains the economics and history of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
244g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674659759
SKU
V9780674659759
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About Julia Cagé
Julia Cage is Assistant Professor in Economics at Sciences Po Paris.
Reviews for Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and Democracy
Offers a thought-provoking, meticulously researched and persuasively argued intervention into the heart of the contemporary media crisis.
Hans Rollman PopMatters (05/02/2016) Intelligent, daring, even revolutionary
these are the three adjectives that could describe this new book by Julia Cag .
L'Expansion For economist Julia Cag , the crisis of the media is primarily a problem of funding. In this new book, she ... Read more
Hans Rollman PopMatters (05/02/2016) Intelligent, daring, even revolutionary
these are the three adjectives that could describe this new book by Julia Cag .
L'Expansion For economist Julia Cag , the crisis of the media is primarily a problem of funding. In this new book, she ... Read more