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1、TheChangingBusinessofJournalismanditsImplicationsforDemocracyEditedbyDavidA.L.LevyandRasmusKleisNielsenExecutivesummaryThebusinessofjournalismiswidelyheldtobeinaseriouscrisistoday,inparticularbecauseoftheriseoftheinternet,withpotentiallydisastrousconsequencesforformsof
2、democraticpoliticsthathaveevolvedhand-in-handwithprivate-sectormassmediaaswehaveknowntheminthetwentiethcentury.Thisbookincludeschaptersfromaroundtheworldcriticallyevaluatingthenotionofcrisis,identifyingboththecommonunderlyingcyclical,technologicalandlong-termchallenges
3、thatcommercialnewsmediaorganisationsaroundtheworldfaceandtheimportant,persistentnationaldifferencesinaudiencedemand,marketstructureandmediaregulation.Whiletheindustryhascertainlysufferedseveredeclinesinrevenuesinseveralcountriesinrecentyears,thelatestdownturnsseemtobem
4、orecloselyconnectedwiththerelativedegreeofdependenceonvolatilerevenuesourceslikeadvertisingandonthedifferentialimpactoftheglobalrecessionthanwiththespreadoftheinternet.ThisisillustratedperhapsmostforcefullybythedifferencebetweencountriesliketheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedK
5、ingdom,wheretheprivatemediasectorhavestruggledinrecentyears,whereascountrieslikeGermanyandFinland–withcomparablelevelsofinternetpenetrationanduseandstrongpublicservicemediaorganisationsoperatingonseveralplatforms–haveseenmuchmorestabledevelopmentsinthebusinessofjournal
6、ism.Boththeindustryandtheprofessionarechangingrapidlyasnewtoolsarebeingappropriatedbyjournalists,sourcesandaudiences,butthesupposedcrisisisfarfromuniversal,andtheoutcomesofcurrenttransformationsfarfromcertain.Thedifferencesidentifiedanddocumentedinthisbooknotonlyhighli
7、ghttheenduringrelevanceofinheritednationaldifferencesinaudiencedemand,marketstructureandmediaregulation,butalsothat,despitedeterministic(andoftenfatalistic)claimstothecontrary,thereisstilltimeforthebusinessofjournalismtoreinventitselfandmoveintothetwenty-firstcentury,p
8、rovidedmediamanagers,professionaljournalists,andpolicy-makersandthecitizenstheyrepresentarewillingtolearnfromdifferen
