TY - BOOK AU - McQuail,Denis TI - Media performance: mass communication and the public interest SN - 080398295X U1 - 302.23 PY - 1992/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Mass media N1 - Preface. - Pt. I. Mass Communication And Society. 1. Public Communication And Public Interest: Contested Territory. 2. Media Performance: Traditions Of Enquiry. 3. The 'Public Interest' In Communication. - Pt. II. Media Performance Norms. 4. Performance Norms In Media Policy Discourse: The NewsPaper Press. 5. Performance Norms In Media Policy Discourse: BroadCasting. 6. A FrameWork Of Principle For Media Assessment. - Pt. III. Research Models And Methods. 7. Media Organizational Performance: Models And Research Options. - Pt. IV. Media Freedom. 8. Concepts And Models Of Media Freedom. 9. Media Freedom: From Structure To Performance. 10. Media Freedom: The Organizational Environment. - Pt. V. Diversity. 11. Varieties And Processes Of Diversity. 12. Taking The Measure Of Diversity: Media Reflection. 13. Media Access And Audience Choice. - Pt. VI. Objectivity. 14. Concepts Of Objectivity. 15. A FrameWork For Objectivity Research. 16. Measuring Objectivity: News As Information. 17. Measuring Objectivity: The Evaluative Dimension Of News. - Pt. VII. Mass Media, Order And Social Control. 18. Media And The Maintenance Of Public Order. 19. Policing The Symbolic Environment. 20. Solidarity And Social Identity. - Pt. VIII. Media And Culture. 21. Questions Of Culture And Mass Communication. 22. Cultural Identity And Autonomy: Whose Media Culture?. - Pt. IX. In Conclusion. 23. Changing Media, Changing Mores: Implications For Assessment. - References. - Index ER -