num_pages: 384
description: What are the media's responsibilities? To whom are they accountable? Are they increasingly growing out of control? In the twenty-first century, our mass media are becoming more powerful and more difficult to hold to account, and attempts at control to prevent harm or make media moreresponsible are often viewed as infringements of market and media freedom. In this stimulating new study, Denis McQuail argues that freedom and accountability are not incompatible and shows ways forward to greater responsibility.
language: English
title: Media Accountability and Freedom of Publication
titlecomplete: Media Accountability and Freedom of Publication
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Oxford University Press