Departmental Papers (ASC)
Title
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 1995
Abstract
It is generally taken for granted that "independence" is a good thing for the press, that an independent press is necessary for democratic government, and that we know what we mean when we say a newspaper or television or radio station is "independent."
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Date Posted: 15 February 2008
Comments
Reprinted from Media Studies Journal, Media and Democracy Issue, Summer 1995, pages 87-92.
NOTE: At the time of publication, author Monroe Price was affiliated with Yeshiva University. Currently (February, 2008), he is a faculty member of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.