The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center

Media and DemocracyWHILE THERE IS NEARLY universal agreement that the media play a vital and defining role in democracy everywhere it exists, ironically they are often unpopular. As the hectoring cry of critics goes, "Who elected you anyway?" To which the obvious answer is "no one," backed by the...

reface This volume, titled The Unfolding Lotus: East Asia's Changing Media, represents an effort to better understand the dynamic media scene in a region of die world that has recently witnessed profound and powerful economic and social development. It is the dynamism of the nations of East...