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Public sentinel : news media & governance reform
- Title
- Public sentinel : news media & governance reform / Pippa Norris, editor.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | P95.8 .P93 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxi, 420 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Originated with a workshop held in May 2007 at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government"--Pref.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-415) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : framing the debate. Evaluating media performance / Pippa Norris and Sina Odugbemi -- Diagnostic tools and performance indicators / Andrew Puddephatt -- The democratic roles of media systems : agenda setters, setting priorities. Media coverage of natural disasters and humanitarian crises / Susan D. Moeller -- Media agenda setting and donor aid / Douglas A. Van Belle -- Watchdogs : guarding governance. Corruption and the watchdog role of the news media / Sheila S. Coronel -- The media, government accountability, and citizen engagement / Katrin Voltmer -- Gate keepers : inclusive voices. Election campaigns, partisan balance, and the news media / Holli A. Semetko -- Limits on press freedom and regime support / Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart -- Media in the peace-building process : Ethiopia and Iraq / Monroe E. Price, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, and Nicole A. Stremlau -- Regional case studies of media roles. Central and Eastern Europe / Marius Dragomir -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Wisdom J. Tettey -- Latin America / Silvio Waisbord -- Arab States / Lawrence Pintak -- Asia / Angela Romano -- Conclusions : summing up the evidence, identifying effective policy options. Assessing the extent to which the news media act as watchdogs, agenda setters, and gatekeepers / Sina Odugbemi and Pippa Norris -- Policy recommendations / Sina Odugbemi and Pippa Norris.
- ISBN
- 9780821382004
- 0821382004
- 9780821382011 (electronic)
- 0821382012 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2009041783
- 99937045520
- OCLC
- 457767391
- ocn457767391
- SCSB-5517657
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries