Making media matter
The media has a crucial role in ensuring constitutionalism, pluralism, rule of law, and rights in every democratic society. Would it serve this cause best by an ‘objective’ approach? What the media should do is not chase after hypocritical objectivity, writes Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, but be self-aware and ‘socially engaged’.
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And papa can’t do a thing
In which British kids thumb their noses online, ITV lads go to war, scribes look at five years of Iraq, Mint‘s Raju Narisetti takes on NYT‘s Patty Kranz, the Vicar of Putney prays for Bush’s soul… Buzz from the web.
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Missing Marx
Much of today’s media research is a pale imitation of earlier work, or an awkward marriage of distinct approaches, eager not to offend. Critical conversations tend to be trivial and a paralysing sense of caution prevails. David McQueen on how neo-liberal ‘reformers’ are picking at the very foundations of media scholarship.
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Well done, says public
The British public appears to bear the media no ill-will over the Harry episode — in fact, the majority has only praise for the scribes. Jameela Oberman reports.
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