[ecrea] New book announcement: A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy: In the Paths of Righteousness

  A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy: In the Paths of
  Righteousness

Authors: Schejter, Amit M., Tirosh, Noam


ABSTRACT

In this book, a novel approach applying the theoretical framework of 
distributional justice theories developed by John Rawls and Amartya Sen 
to the governance of today’s media proposes a fresh, innovative 
assessment of the potential role for media in society. Three case 
studies describe the utilization of new media by marginalized 
communities in Israel – Ethiopian immigrants, the Bedouin and 
Palestinians – and set the stage for media policy scholars, teachers and 
students to discuss an analytic framework for media policy that is 
fresh, different, innovative and original. Departing from the 
utilitarian principles that dominate Western liberal regimes, and that 
have led to the proliferation of media systems in which control is 
concentrated in the hands of the few, this work proposes an alternative 
that focuses on redistributing power and voice.

REVIEWS

“A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy: In the Paths of 
Righteousness, the new book by Amit Schejter & Noam Tirosh is an 
important and original contribution to global media policy research. 
Linking media policy to issues of social justice, Schejter and Tirosh 
elevate media policy from the realm of technocrats and bureaucrats to 
the bustling arena of popular politics, exactly where it belongs. The 
coming decades will likely be decisive ones for the future of democracy 
worldwide, and as Schejter and Tirosh demonstrate, media policy will be 
crucial to how the matter is resolved.”
(Robert W. McChesney, co-author, “People Get Ready: The Fight Against a 
Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy”, Mcchesney is the Gutgsell 
Endowed Professor, Department of Communication, University of Illinois 
at Urbana-Champaign)

“This very interesting book provides a valuable account of how 
marginalised communities in Israel - Palestinians, Ethiopian immigrants 
and Bedouins - have used communication technologies to regain their 
voices and to seek redistributive justice. It shows how the struggle for 
democratic media policies needs to be an essential part of wider 
struggles against discrimination and oppression.”
(Des Freedman, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, 
University of London, Author of “The Contradictions of Media Power and 
The Politics of Media Policy”)

“Net-based platforms give voice and presence to marginalized publics and 
issue. The tone and tenor of that voice varies, however, along with the 
texture of that presence. The thought-provoking and must read "A 
Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy: In the Paths of 
Righteousness,” sheds important and timely insight to these processes, 
by mapping how voice can turn into impact, and how impact can translate 
into long term and just policy.”
(Zizi Papacharissi, PhD, Professor and Head, Department of 
Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, Editor of Journal of 
Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Editor, Social Media and Society)

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Amit M. Schejter (PhD, Rutgers University) is professor and head of the 
Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the 
Negev and codirector of the Institute for Information Policy at Penn 
State University. He is the author or editor of six books and more than 
sixty journal articles, law reviews, and book chapters in ve languages 
and is founding coeditor of the Journal of Information Policy. Professor 
Schejter teaches courses on regulation, law, and policy; communication 
theory; media systems; and media activism. He has held senior executive 
positions in the media and telecommunications industry in Israel, was a 
member of and chaired a variety of public committees, and counseled 
media and telecommunication entities in Israel and the Palestinian 
Authority.

Noam Tirosh (PhD, Ben-Gurion University) is a lecturer in the Department 
of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His 
research focuses on the relationship between memory, media, and justice. 
His work has been published in journals such as Media, Culture & 
Society, The Communication Review, Telecommunication Policy, Critical 
Studies in Media and Communications, The Information Society, and the 
International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics and presented at a 
score of research conferences and workshops worldwide. He is the 
recipient of the Best Paper award in the student competition at the 2015 
Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy 
(TPRC) and in 2016-17 he is serving as a visiting scholar at the Crown 
Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies at Northwestern University. 
A public intellectual, Tirosh often publishes opinion pieces in a 
variety of Israeli newspapers and Web sites and contributes to public 
discussions in Israel.



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