Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and Democracy

by Julia Cagé and Arthur Goldhammer

The media are in crisis. Confronted by growing competition and sagging advertising revenue, news operations in print, on radio and TV, and even online are struggling to reinvent themselves. Many have gone under. For too many others, the answer has been to lay off reporters, join conglomerates, and lean more heavily on generic content. The result: in a world awash with information, news organizations provide citizens with less and less in-depth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674659759
• ISBN13: 9780674659759
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.6" x 7.4"