Public sentinel
Subtitle: news media & governance reform
By: Pippa Norris, editor.
Contributors: Norris, Pippa.; World Bank.
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821382004; 9780821382011
Subjects: Mass media -- Political aspects; Journalism -- Political aspects; Press and politics; Democracy; Representative government and representation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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: Watch DOGS : 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.