A Free and Responsible Press: A General Report on Mass Communication: Newspapers, Radio, Motion Pictures, Magazines, and Books (Midway Reprint Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226471357 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 147 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Freedom to be Responsible" according to A Customer. The Commission on Freedom of the Press issued its report, titled A Free and Responsible Press, in 19Freedom to be Responsible A Customer The Commission on Freedom of the Press issued its report, titled A Free and Responsible Press, in 1947. Often nicknamed after its chairman University of Chicago President Robert Hutchins, it had a number of other luminaries among its members, including Zechariah Chafee Jr., Reinhold Niebuhr, Harold Lasswell, Archibald MacLeish, and Arthur Schlesing. 7. Often nicknamed after its chairman University of Chicago President Robert Hutchins, it had a number of other luminaries among its members, including Zechariah Chafee Jr., Reinhold Niebuhr, Harold Lasswell, Archibald MacLeish, and Arthur Schlesing
In 1942 an impartial commission was formed to study mass communication, evaluate the performance of the media, and make recommendations for possible regulation of the press. This book is the general report of that commission.The Commission on Freedom of the Press began with the premise that freedom of the press is essential to political liberty; it is unique among the freedoms, for it promotes and protects all the rest. At the same time, the commission feared the concentration of media control into fewer and fewer hands, stating, "It is imperative that the great agencies of mass communication show hospitality to ideas which their owners do not share." The commission concluded that any regulation of the media must come from within, not from the government.. The question of how much freedom the press should enjoy has been debated throughout American history