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Includes bibliographical references.

Annotated contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Future Of Journalism: -- Can the Internet fill the reporting gaps caused by the decline of newspapers? -- Are the new media bad for democracy? -- Can philanthropy save journalism? -- Background -- Early newspapers -- Times model -- Golden Age -- Chain reaction -- Current situation -- Cutting back -- New partnerships -- Impact of the Web -- Outlook: Newspapers doomed? -- Update -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Media Ownership: -- Is the U S media industry too consolidated? -- Did the FCC loosen its media-ownership rules too much? -- Should Congress reimpose rules limiting television networks' ownership of programming? -- Background -- Regulating the airwaves -- Deregulation begins -- Complaints increase -- New media landscape -- Current situation -- TV industry split -- Reaction to rules -- Powell under fire -- Cable debate -- Outlook: More mergers? -- Update -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Future Of Books: -- Will the Google book search settlement restrict public access to digital books? -- Will traditional print books disappear from the marketplace? -- Will literary reading and writing survive online? -- Background -- In the beginning -- Golden Age -- Decline of the backlist -- Dawn of the digital revolution -- Current situation -- Publishing woes -- Revolutionary changes -- Appealing to youths -- Settlement fallout -- Bypassing publishers -- Outlook: iPod of books? -- Update -- Notes -- Bibliography --

Chapter 4: Blog Explosion: -- Should policymakers be influenced by political blogs? -- Should blogs tone down their political rhetoric? -- Should bloggers have the same rights and privileges as reporters? -- Background -- Before blogs -- Birth of blogs -- Power of blogs -- Current situation -- Gaining respect -- Blogging at work -- Outlook: Starting discussions -- Update -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Online Privacy: -- Should advertisers' collection of data on Web users be regulated? -- Are social networking sites doing enough to protect users' privacy? -- Do federal privacy policies regarding the Internet need to be updated? -- Background -- Tracking technologies -- Advertisers self-regulate -- Federal tracking -- Current situation -- Action in Congress -- Advertisers press ahead -- Outlook: Number of issues -- Update -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Press Freedom: -- Can media companies afford free-press battles? -- Are independent bloggers entitled to free-press protections? -- Is the era of mass-market objective journalism coming to an end? -- Background -- Shifting boundaries -- Changing profession -- Adversarial journalism -- Tide turns -- Current situation -- Shielding everyone? -- Subpoenaing students -- Freedom of information -- Outlook -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Overview: For current coverage of controversial and important issues centering on media, look to the balanced reporting, completer overviews and engaging writing that CQ Researcher has consistently provided for more than eighty years. This brief reader allows students to see the links among media, culture, business and politics. Each article gives substantial background as well as current analysis of the issue, in addition to the following special features: a pro/con box that examines two competing sides of a single question; a detailed chronology; an annotated bibliography and Web resources; photos, charts, graphs and maps.