The American newspaper as the public conversational commons.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Date Issued
January 1996
Date Available
November 2014
ISSN
0890-0523
Abstract
Most scholars in political theory and sociology have dismissed journalism as an institutional force in the public sphere, in part because of journalists' largely self-defined and curiously marginalized role as a mere transmission apparatus for traditional news. The authors advocate a philosophy of public journalism faithful to the commons, in which newspapers become a site for public dialogue accessible to all citizens, where positions that could not or would not be explored elsewhere are advanced, argued, assessed, and acted upon.
Language
en_US
Publisher
Routledge
Recommended Citation
Anderson, R., Dardenne, R., & Killenberg, G. M. (1996). The American newspaper as the public conversational commons. Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 11(3), 159-165. DOI: 10.1207/s15327728jmme1103_4
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Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 11(3), 159-165.