Author : Allan Rachlin
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis News as hegemonic reality by : Allan Rachlin
Download or read book News as hegemonic reality written by Allan Rachlin and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1988-10 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the role of political culture, or hegemonic ideology, in defining journalistic accounts of the world. Rachlin contends that a press, free from legal constraints imposed by an oppressive government, can still undermine the possibility of pluralism and the requirements of democracy if it is constrained by its own narrow vision of the world. It is this narrow vision that continues existing social relationships, instead of questioning or changing them, by inhibiting alternative realities. This volume examines the American press to see if it is so constrained and therefore a force that undermines rather than promotes democracy.