Description
Our media systems are in crisis. Run by unaccountable corporations and dominated by agendas and algorithms that are shrouded in mystery, these formerly trusted sources of information and entertainment have lost their way. As consumers, we have plenty of choice, but as citizens we have an abundance of misinformation and misrepresentation.
In this incisive manifesto, four prominent media scholars and activists put forth a roadmap for radical reform of concentrated media power. They argue that we should put media justice, economic democracy and social equality at the heart of our scholarship and our campaigning.
The Media Manifesto delivers a sharp analysis of our communications crisis and a passionate call for urgent change. It provides resources of hope for media reform movements across the globe.
Table of Contents
1 Challenging Media Power Today
Why a manifesto?
The triumph of executive power
Executive media power on trial
Conclusion
Notes
2 Claiming Media Justice
Reframing media reform
Rethinking digital disruption
Reconfiguring the disinformation order
(Re)claiming media justice
Conclusion
Notes
3 Advancing Data Justice
Media becomes datafied
Framing what is at stake
Depoliticizing datafication
Towards data justice
Conclusion
Notes
4 Articulating a Politics of Hope
Considering the alternatives
Conclusion
Notes
5 Conclusion: A Manifesto for Media Reform
A framework for media plurality
A more democratic diverse and devolved public service broadcasting
A free accountable and sustainable press
Digital media policy
Notes
