Sex, Lies and Democracy: The Press and the Public

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Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: THE PRESS AND ITS DISCONTENTS 1. Tickle the public: consumerism rules - Hugh Stephenson 2. The 'tabloiding' of Britain: 'quality' newspapers in the 1990s - Michael Bromley 3. Demographics and values: what the British public reads and what it thinks about its newspapers - Robert M. Worcester 4. An overview of the current debate on press regulation in France - Christophe Texier Part II: PRESS REGULATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY 5. Managing the press in a medium-sized European power - John Tulloch 6. Demanding accountability: the press, the Royal Commissions and the pressure for reform, 1945-77 - Tom O'Malley 7. Kith and sin: press accountability in the USA - Walter Jaehnig 8. Media quality control in the USA and Europe - Claude-Jean Bertrand Part III: PEOPLE AND PROCESSES IN ACCOUNTABILITY 9. Interpreting codes of conduct - Adrian Page 10. Teaching ethics to journalists in the United Kingdom - Barbara Thomass 11. 'Watching the watchdogs'? The role of the readers' letters in calling the press to account - Michael Bromley 12. Democracy under threat - Andrew Calcutt Appendix 1: The Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice, 1995. Appendix 2: The National Union of Journalists' Code of Conduct. Index.

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