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During Pack's seven-month tenure, more than thirty whistleblowers filed complaints against him, and a judge ruled that he had infringed journalists' constitutional right to freedom of speech.How did such a major international public service media network become intensely politicized by government allies in such a short time, despite having its editorial independence protected by law?Capturing News, Capturing Democracy puts these events in historical and international context—and develops a new analytical framework for understanding government capture and its connection to broader processes of democratic backsliding. Drawing from in-depth interviews with network managers and journalists, and analysis of private correspondence and internal documents, Kate Wright, Martin Scott, and Mel Bunce analyze how political appointees, White House officials, and right-wing media influenced VOA— changing its reporting of the Black Lives Matter movement and the 2020 presidential election. The authors stress that leaving the VOA unprotected leaves it and other public media open to targeting by authoritarian leadership and poses serious risks to US democracy. Further, they offer practical recommendations for how to protect the network and other international public service media better in the future.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56226321957237,"sku":"9780197768495","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780197768495_d5ae0b83-9ee1-4db5-a0ce-9d4cef3318bc.jpg?v=1786011182"},{"product_id":"9781035880683","title":"The Angry Butcher of Berwick","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296088011125,"sku":"9781035880683","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035880683_0327f8b4-347f-424e-aa7b-3499c0598977.jpg?v=1786017265"},{"product_id":"9781032412078","title":"Humanitarian Journalists","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book documents the unique reporting practices of humanitarian journalists - an influential group of journalists defying conventional approaches to covering humanitarian crises. 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It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow then should we respond to the growing importance of the media - including journalism, radio, television, community media and social media - for poverty and inequality? The first step is to acquire an informed and critical understanding of the multiple roles that the media can have in development. To help achieve this, this book provides concise and original introductions to the study and practice of communication for development (C4D), media development and media representations of development. In doing so it highlights the increasing importance of the media, whilst at the same time emphasising the varieties, complexities and contingencies of its role in social change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe broad and interdisciplinary focus of this book will make it attractive to anyone with an interest in media, communication, development, politics and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487647572341,"sku":"9781780325507","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780325507.jpg?v=1786354873"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-martin-scott.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}