Saving the media : capitalism, crowdfunding, and democracy / Julia Cagé ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cagé, Julia, author.

Contributor:

Goldhammer, Arthur, translator.

Standardized Title:

Sauver les médias. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Economic aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

vii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Other Title:

Capitalism, crowdfunding, and democracy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"The media are in crisis. Not only the print press but the entire news production chain. Faced with growing competition and inexorably declining advertising revenue, newspapers, radio and TV news operations, and pure Internet players are all in search of a new model. Based on an innovative study of the media in Europe and the United States, this book proposes a new business model, the nonprofit media organization, midway between a foundation and a joint-stock company. This new model would encourage the development of media organizations independent of outside shareholders, advertisers, and government but dependent on their readers, employees, and Internet users. It is a business model designed to meet the challenges of the digital revolution and the realities of the twenty-first century. A debate has begun in which the stakes are nothing less than the future of democracy."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: For a new form of governance

The information age?

The end of illusions

A new model for the twenty-first century

Conclusion: Capitalism and democracy.

Notes:

"First published as Sauver les medias: capitalisme, financement participatif et democratie (c) Editions du Seuil et La Republique des Idees, 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674659759

0674659759

OCLC:

922970718