Media Business Publications

Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Publications,
Doing Well and Doing Good: How Soft News and Critical Journalism Are Shrinking the News Audience and Weakening Democracy – and What News Outlets Can Do About It
January 1, 2000
This report by Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Shorenstein Center, asks if the news media do well and also do good?...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Decline, But Not Yet Total Fall, of Foreign News in the U.S. Media
January 1, 2000
A paper by Jonathan Randal, fall 1998 fellow, argues that the decline in international affairs news can be attributed to a combination of factors, including...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
State into Public: The Failed Reform of State TV in East Central Europe
January 1, 2000
A paper by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, spring 1999 fellow, examines Eastern European state television and its difficult or sometimes failed transition from ownership...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Should American Journalism Make Us Americans?
January 1, 1999
A paper by Jim Sleeper, fall 1998 fellow, asks if by offering a bilingual product, newspapers are undermining a united sense of citizenship. The Miami...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Junk News: Can Public Broadcasters Buck the Tabloid Tendencies of Market-Driven Journalism? A Canadian Experience
January 1, 1997
A paper by William John Fox, spring 1995 fellow, argues that Canada’s public broadcasting network has declined in quality after succumbing to commercial...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Implementation of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the American Press: Objectives, Obstacles, and Incentives
January 1, 1996
Racial and ethnic diversity in the American press is a long standing concern. This Shorenstein Center report concludes that while much research has been...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Future of Global Television News
September 1, 1994
A paper by Richard Parker, spring 1993 fellow, explores the potential opportunities and challenges for a new era of “global television.” After seeing TV...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
Ownership of Newspapers: The View from Positivist Social Science
September 1, 1994
A paper by C. Edwin Baker, fall 1992 fellow, analyzes the claim that concentration in media ownership has mostly objectionable effects on the media produced....
Domestic Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
TV Violence, Children and the Press: Eight Rationales Inhibiting Public Policy Debates
April 1, 1994
A paper by Sissela Bok, spring 1993 fellow, applies the perspective of philosopher and social critic to analyze public policy debates in the press about...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
An Economic Theory of Learning from News
July 1, 1992
A paper by Marion Just, professor at Wellesley College; W. Russell Neuman, professor at University of Michigan; and  Ann Crigler, fall 1991 fellow, explores...