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Tables of Contents for The Problem of the Media
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
7
9
Political Problem, Political Solutions
16
41
Media, Markets, and Policies
18
7
U.S. Media System Not ``Naturally'' Profit Driven
25
8
Subsidizing the Press
33
5
The Rise of Broadcasting
38
10
The Neoliberal Period
48
9
Understanding U.S. Journalism I: Corporate Control and Professionalism
57
41
Journalism's Great Crisis
58
6
Rise of Professional Journalism
64
3
Limitations of Professional Journalism
67
10
The Commercialization of Journalism
77
12
Covering the Corporate Scandal
89
9
Understanding U.S. Journalism II: Right-Wing Criticism and Political Coverage
98
40
Conservative Critique of the ``Liberal Media''
99
12
Right-Wing Political Campaign against the Media
111
7
Partisan Coverage in Peace and War
118
5
Journalism's Litmus Test: Election Coverage
123
9
Missing the Story--From DC to Florida
132
6
The Age of Hyper-Commercialism
138
37
Rise of Advertising
139
6
Hyper-Commercialism and Media
145
8
The Crumbling Wall
153
5
Hyper-Commercialism's New Frontiers
158
10
Advertising and Policy
168
7
The Market Uber Alles
175
35
Is the Media System a Competitive Market?
176
7
Conglomeration and Synergy
183
6
Is the Market Appropriate to Regulate Media?
189
3
Creativity versus Commerce in the Conglomerate Era
192
6
So Do Commercial Media Give People What They Want?
198
7
The Case for the Status Quo
205
5
Media Policies and Media Reform
210
42
Technology and the Internet
211
6
Policy Making in the Internet Era
217
7
Media Ownership Policies
224
11
Media and Antitrust Law
235
5
Public Broadcasting, Yesterday and Today
240
8
Invigorating Public Media
248
4
The Uprising of 2003
252
46
Media Reform Movement Comes to Life
255
4
Powell and Copps Take the Stage
259
5
Beltway Opposition Stiffens
264
4
Powell's Three Arguments
268
5
Opposition Grows Beyond the Beltway
273
6
Left and Right Unite
279
4
From FCC to Congress
283
5
Trench Warfare
288
7
Epilogue: The Hardest Battle Has Been Won
295
3
Notes
298
55
Index
353