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This book brings together a diverse, international array of contributors to explore the topics of news "quality" in the online age and the relationships between news organizations and enormously influential digital platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Covering topics ranging from internet incivility, crowdsourcing, and YouTube politics to regulations, algorithms, and AI, this book draws the key distinction between the news that facilitates democracy and news that undermines it. For students and scholars as well as journalists, policymakers, and media commentators, this important work engages a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives to define the key concept of "quality" in the news media.

This book brings together a diverse, international array of contributors to explore the topics of news "quality" in the online age and the relationships between news organizations and enormously influential digital platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Covering topics ranging from internet incivility, crowdsourcing, and YouTube politics to regulations, algorithms, and AI, this book draws the key distinction between the news that facilitates democracy and news that undermines it. For students and scholars as well as journalists, policymakers, and media commentators, this important work engages a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives to define the key concept of "quality" in the news media.

In short, provocative chapters, thirty-four prominent media and politics scholars address the most pressing problems facing the American people today and offer concrete solutions that inspire reflection and debate as well as action.

In short, provocative chapters, thirty-four prominent media and politics scholars address the most pressing problems facing the American people today and offer concrete solutions that inspire reflection and debate as well as action.

Proposes three approaches to the prevention of mass mediated aggression: an early warning system for incitement to mass destruction, the invitation to disarming conversations in urban space, and the teaching of 'compassionate communication' to children and others.

Key figures in Howard Dean's campaign for president reveal the stories behind the success of internet fundraising and community building.

A wide-casting overview of politics in popular films, looking at the four genres of horror, war, thriller and sci-fi

Examines how US Presidents and Presidential candidates focus on local audiences and issues despite officially ruling over a nation.

Offers an understanding of the loosely affiliated groups that collectively call themselves the progressive netroots. This book explains why the left is better positioned than the right to take advantage of the decentralized nature of the Internet.

Examines the history and social dynamics of film censorship in the United States. This book focuses both on formal censorship systems, including state and local censorship boards and industry self-regulation efforts, to unofficial censorship rendered by pressure groups and powerful social movements.

Traces Oprah Winfrey's cultural impact and illustrates the parallels between her road to fame and fortune and the political-economic rise of neoliberalism.

Takes the study of international relations to the art museum. This book focuses on the British Museum, the National Gallery of London, the Museum of Iraq, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Getty museums, the Guggenheim museums, and 'museum' spaces instantly created by the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.