“Free Market, Free Press? The Political Economy of News Reporting in the Anglo-American World since 1688” brings together a distinguished group of historians and media scholars to chart the evolution of the news business in two of the most important media markets: the United Kingdom and the United States. The current economic crisis in the news business raises many questions about its history. How was news reporting funded in the past? To what extent was its funding contingent on institutional arrangements that no longer exist? To what extent has its funding been sustained by institutional arrangements other than market demand? These questions inform the nine papers that will be presented and discussed during our 17 November conference.
Free Market, Free Press? The Political Economy of News Reporting in the Anglo-American World since 1688
Saturday, November 17, 2012 8:30am - 5:00pm The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room
Notes
Free and open to the public
No registration necessary
First come, first served seating
Photo ID required for entry
Co-Sponsors
The Poliak Fund at the Graduate School of Journalism
The Heyman Center for the Humanities
The University Seminar on Theory and History of the Media
The Committee on Global Thought
The Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Organizers
Richard R. John, Columbia University
Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb, University of Oxford
Participants
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Joseph M. Adelman
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department
Framingham State University
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James L. Baughman
Fetzer-Bascom Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin- Madison
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James R. Brennan
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Martin Conboy
Professor of Journalism History
University of Sheffield
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Victoria Gardner
Lecturer in Modern British History
Manchester University
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Richard R. John
Professor, School of Journalism
Columbia University
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Brooke Kroeger
Professor
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
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David Paul Nord
Professor, School of Journalism
and Adjunct Professor, Department of HistoryIndiana University
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Jeffrey L. Pasley
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
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Robert G. Picard
Professor
Oxford University
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Michael Schudson
Professor, School of Journalism
Columbia University
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Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb
Senior Lecturer in History
Keble College, Oxford
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Will Slauter
maître de conférences
Université Paris 8
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Michael Stamm
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
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Andie Tucher
Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program, Journalism School
Columbia University
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Heidi J. S. Tworek
Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department
Harvard University