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

Fri Dec 16 01:10:54 GMT 2016






  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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