附註:Prepared by a team led by Roumeen Islam.
"A continuation of the work carried out for the World development report 2002: Building institutions for markets"--Page vi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Into the looking glass : what the media tell and why-- an overview / Roumeen Islam -- Transparency in government / Joseph Stiglitz -- Mass media and political accountability / Timothy Besley, Robin Burgess, and Andrea Prat -- The media and markets in the United States / Edward S. Herman -- Irrational exuberance in the media / Robert J. Shiller -- Distributing news and political influence / David Strömberg -- The corporate governance role of the media / Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales -- Media ownership and prosperity / Simeon Djankov [and others] -- Media as industry : economic foundations of mass communications / Bruce M. Owen -- The legal environment for news media / Peter Krug and Monroe E. Price -- Insult laws / Ruth Walden -- Media in transition : the hegemony of economics / Tim Carrington and Mark Nelson -- The best profession in the world / Gabriel García Márquez -- The media and access to information in Thailand / Kavi Chongkittavorn -- The media and development in Bangladesh / Mahfuz Anam -- How the Cairo Times came to be published out of Cyprus / Hisham Kassem -- The role of the media in Zimbabwe / Mark G. Chavunduka -- Journalism after Communism : ten commandments for a good journalist / Adam Michnik -- The survival of a provincial television station in an era of enormous changes / Victor Muchnik and Yulia Muchnik.
摘要:The media industry plays a critical role in any economy. It can influence economic, political, and social outcomes. The media serves as a voice of the people and can disseminate important economic information. It can promote greater degrees of freedom and can foster a freer flow of information. This book is concerned with the factors which determine how the media industry supports economic progress. It cites examples which show the value of the information provided by the media. Contributors to this publication include Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature and Colombian journalist and writer, Robert J. Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance, and Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for Economics and Columbia University Professor.
