{"id":14940,"date":"2014-10-15T07:05:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T12:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=14940"},"modified":"2014-10-12T14:31:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T19:31:51","slug":"media-freedom-v-corporate-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/14940","title":{"rendered":"Media Freedom v. Corporate Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peace, Education and Activism through Creative Engagement (P.E.A.C.E.)<\/a>, a UWW student organization, will show the documentary “Shadows of Liberty<\/strong><\/a>” on Thurs., Oct. 16th at 5:30pm<\/strong> in UC Summers Auditorium. This 90-minute award-winning documentary examines the impact of corporate ownership on the U.S. media and freedom of the press.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about the documentary from reviews or press releases, e.g.<\/em>, “KCETLink Premieres ‘Shadows of Liberty,’ A Revealing Film Exploring America’s Corporate Controlled Media<\/a>” (PR Newswire US<\/em><\/a>, 03\/20\/2013) or “Shadows of Liberty<\/a>” (Library Journal<\/em>, 2013, vol.138:no.16, p.52). <\/p>\n

\"coverYou also can learn more about the topic by looking at Library resources, e.g.<\/em>, articles like “Markets, ownership, and the quality of campaign news coverage<\/a>” (Journal of Politics<\/em>, 2008, vol.70:no.4, pp.1193-1202), “Interfering owners or meddling advertisers: How network television news correspondents feel about ownership and advertiser influence on news stories<\/a>” (Journal of Media Economics<\/em>, 2003, vol.16:no.3, pp.175-188), and “Corporate ownership and news bias: Newspaper coverage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act<\/a>” (Journal of Politics<\/em>, 2000, vol.62:no.2, pp.369-386). Other relevant Library resources include the streaming video “Media manipulation: New game for big business<\/a>” (1998, available via Films on Demand<\/a>), book chapters such as “Media ownership, concentration, and control: The evolution of debate<\/a>” (In The Handbook of Political Economy of Communications<\/em>, 2011, Wiley-Blackwell, chapter 7, pp.140-168), and books like “The handbook of mass media ethics” (Main Collection, 3rd Floor, P94 .H355 2009), which includes a chapter called “Media ownership in a corporate age.”<\/p>\n

Can’t attend the free event? UWW students and staff may borrow the DVD of Shadows of Liberty<\/a> from another UW campus library by using the free universal borrowing<\/a> service. Requested items arrive in 2-5 weekdays.<\/p>\n

Please ask a librarian<\/a> for assistance with finding additional materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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