Public sentinel
Subtitle: news media & governance reform
By: Pippa Norris, editor
Contributors: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780821382004; 9780821382011
Description: The purpose of this book is to inform governance advisors about the vital role of the news media for governance reform. This book approaches the issue of news media and governance with three broad questions that it attempts to answer on the basis of quantitative data and case studies. First, a normative approach asks: What ideal roles should media systems play to strengthen democratic governance and thus bolster human development? Second, an empirical approach considers independent evidence derived from cross-national comparisons and from selected case studies, asking: Under what conditions do media systems actually succeed or fail to fulfill these objectives? Third, a strategic approach asks: What policy interventions work most effectively to close the substantial gap that exists between the democratic promise and performance of the news media as an institution?
Notes: "Originated with a workshop held in May 2007 at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-415) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : framing the debate. Evaluating media performance / Pippa Norris and Sina Odugbemi; title: Diagnostic tools and performance indicators / Andrew Puddephatt; title: The democratic roles of media systems : agenda setters, setting priorities. Media coverage of natural disasters and humanitarian crises / Susan D. Moeller; title: Media agenda setting and donor aid / Douglas A. Van Belle; title: Watchdogs : guarding governance. Corruption and the watchdog role of the news media / Sheila S. Coronel; title: The media, government accountability, and citizen engagement / Katrin Voltmer; title: Gate keepers : inclusive voices. Election campaigns, partisan balance, and the news media / Holli A. Semetko; title: Limits on press freedom and regime support  / Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart; title: Media in the peace-building process : Ethiopia and Iraq / Monroe E. Price, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, and Nicole A. Stremlau; title: Regional case studies of media roles. Central and Eastern Europe / Marius Dragomir; title: Sub-Saharan Africa / Wisdom J. Tettey; title: Latin America / Silvio Waisbord; title: Arab States / Lawrence Pintak; title: Asia / Angela Romano; title: Conclusions : summing up the evidence, identifying effective policy options. Assessing the extent to which the news media act as watchdogs, agenda setters, and gatekeepers / Sina Odugbemi and Pippa Norris; title: Policy recommendations / Sina Odugbemi and Pippa Norris.