Screen LibraryHistorical guide to world media freedom : a country-by-country analysis /
Scholars of international relations and international communications view the extent of media freedom from country to country as a key comparative indicator either by itself or in correlation with other indices of national political and economic development. This indicator serves as a bellwether for...
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Sage Reference/CQ Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Los Angeles : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Scholars of international relations and international communications view the extent of media freedom from country to country as a key comparative indicator either by itself or in correlation with other indices of national political and economic development. This indicator serves as a bellwether for gauging the health and spread of democracy. Historical Guide to World Media Freedom is a new reference from CQ Press that brings together comprehensive historical data on media freedom since World War II. It provides consistent and comparable measures of media freedom in all independent countries |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 575 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781608717651 1608717658 |
| Index Number: | PN4735 |
| CLC: | G219 |
| Call Number: | G219/W624 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Defining and measuring media freedom -- The historical development and correlates of media freedom -- The evolution (and devolution) of media freedom since World War II: Introduction -- Country profiles -- Conclusion: Challenges to media freedom and patterns in its evolution and devolution -- Appendix A: Media freedom region by region -- Appendix B: The Global Media Freedom Dataset : data gathering methods, guidelines for using the data, and merging the data with Freedom House data. |