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008			170615s2017 mau b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781906897390 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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041			_aeng
050	1	4	_aP 95.8 _bD285 2017
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245	0	4	_aThe death of public knowledge? : _bhow free markets destroy the general intellect / _cedited by Aeron Davis.
260		1	_aCambridge, MA : _bThe MIT Press, _c2017.
300			_axi, 262 p. ; _c18 cm.
440	0		_aPERC papers
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aSection one. Public news media -- Does public media enhance citizen knowledge? : sifting through the evidence / Toril Aalberg -- The impact of austerity on the Greek news media and public sphere / Aris Nikolaidis -- Impoverishing the mediated public sphere in Aotearoa New Zealand / Wayne Hope -- Public-commercial hybridity at BBC world online / Kate Wright -- The new American media landscape / Rod Benson -- Section two. Public knowledge in Britain -- The autonomous school, the strong state, the problems of education / Ken Jones -- The treasury view of higher education: variable human capital investment / Andrew McGettigan -- The coalition government's cuts to legal aid : who is counting the cost? / Roger Smith -- Public libraries in the age of austerity : the gloves are off / Ian Anstice -- Section three. The corruption of news and information in markets -- The edge : investment banks and information flows in public markets / Philip Augar -- The libor scandal : mediation and information issues / Peter Thompson -- The press, market ideologies and the Irish housing crash / Henry Silke -- Section four. The encroachment of private knowledge on public policy-making -- The corporate takeover of economic discourse in Korea / Bong-hyun Lee -- The tropes of unlearning : UK responses to outsourcing fiascos / Mick Moran and Karel Williams -- Meet the new American influence elites / Janine Wedel -- Public knowledge and health policy / Colin Leys -- Conclusion: manifesto for public knowledge / Des Freedman and Justin Schlosberg.
520			_aThe death of public knowledge' argues for the value and importance of shared, publicly accessible knowledge, and suggests that the erosion of its most visible forms, including public service broadcasting, education, and the network of public libraries, has worrying outcomes for democracy.With contributions from both activists and academics, this collection of short, sharp essays focuses on different aspects of public knowledge, from libraries and education to news media and public policy. Together, the contributors record the stresses and strains placed upon public knowledge by funding cuts and austerity, the new digital economy, quantification and target-setting, neoliberal politics, and inequality. These pressures, the authors contend, not only hinder democracies, but also undermine markets, economies, and social institutions and spaces everywhere.
650		0	_aMass media policy.
650		0	_aMass media _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aInformation policy _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aKnowledge, Sociology of.
650		0	_aEducation and state _xEconomic aspects _zGreat Britain.
700	1		_aDavis, Aeron, _eeditor.
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