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Polis and the decline of independent journalism

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The inspiration behind [[Polis]].

==External links==
Nick Couldry, '[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1186985.ece Professor Roger Silverstone, Media studies pioneer at the LSE]', The Independent, Published: 20 July 2006

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 :the influences of Silverstone’s Jewish background are most evident... It is also his most political book, and in it he was influenced by such Jewish thinkers such as [[Hannah Arendt]], [[Isaiah Berlin]] and [[Emmanuel Levinas]]. Adapting Arendt’s idea of the “polis” as a space of political dialogue, he developed the concept of the “mediapolis” to explore the reality and potential of global communication. He saw the media as the primary frame for people’s understanding of the world, with huge moral significance for how the “other” is treated.<ref>From The Times August 11, 2006, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article605580.ece Professor Roger Silverstone Influential writer and theoretician in media studies], June 15, 1945 - July 16, 2006</ref>
 ==Polis and the decline of independent journalism==
-[[John Lloyd]] and [[Julia Hobsbawm]] were involved in the discussion leading to the formation of a new journalism think tank at the [[LSE]]/[[LCC]].  Called ‘[[Polis]]’, a key inspiration was the academic [[Roger Silverstone]] whose work on the media and morality chimed well with Hobsbawm and Lloyd’s distaste for independent journalism.  In his last – posthumously published – book Silverstone refers to the ‘trashing of trust’ in which the media are held to have a central role<ref>R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006</ref>  Silverstone also proposed the importance of media literacy as a means to ensure ‘media justice’.  He puts this clearly at one point: ‘The slogan? Let’s say “Education, not regulation!”’<ref>R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006:185</ref> – a slogan which is music to the ears of corporate lobbyists everywhere.  He also notes that ‘it would be good’ to reduce ‘conflict, repression, discord’.  The opposing view is that journalism and PR have differing interests and attempting to bring them closer can only damage the potential independence of journalism.
+[[John Lloyd]] and [[Julia Hobsbawm]] were involved in the discussion leading to the formation of a new journalism think tank at the [[LSE]]/[[LCC]].  Called ‘[[Polis]]’, a key inspiration was the academic [[Roger Silverstone]] whose work on the media and morality chimed well with Hobsbawm and Lloyd’s distaste for independent journalism.  In his last – posthumously published – book Silverstone refers to the ‘trashing of trust’ in which the media are held to have a central role<ref>R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006: 163</ref>  Silverstone also proposed the importance of media literacy as a means to ensure ‘media justice’.  He puts this clearly at one point: ‘The slogan? Let’s say “Education, not regulation!”’<ref>R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006:185</ref> – a slogan which is music to the ears of corporate lobbyists everywhere.  He also notes that ‘it would be good’ to reduce ‘conflict, repression, discord’.<ref>Silverstone, Ibid. 187</erf>  The opposing view is that journalism and PR have differing interests and attempting to bring them closer can only damage the potential independence of journalism.
 ==Career==

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 :the influences of Silverstone’s Jewish background are most evident... It is also his most political book, and in it he was influenced by such Jewish thinkers such as [[Hannah Arendt]], [[Isaiah Berlin]] and [[Emmanuel Levinas]]. Adapting Arendt’s idea of the “polis” as a space of political dialogue, he developed the concept of the “mediapolis” to explore the reality and potential of global communication. He saw the media as the primary frame for people’s understanding of the world, with huge moral significance for how the “other” is treated.<ref>From The Times August 11, 2006, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article605580.ece Professor Roger Silverstone Influential writer and theoretician in media studies], June 15, 1945 - July 16, 2006</ref>
 ==Career==
 *born Birkenhead, Cheshire 15 June 1945;

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 *R. Silverstone, ''Why Study the Media?'', SAGE Publications 1999.
 *Raymond Williams, (introduction by R. Silverstone), ''Television: Technology and Cultural Form'', Routledge Classics, 2003.
-*R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006 (1st Edition).  Book used in a course organized by Polis [http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/summerSchool/brochure/internationalRelationsGovernmentAndSociety/IR245.htm]
+*R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006 (1st Edition).  Book used in a course organized by Polis <ref>[http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/summerSchool/brochure/internationalRelationsGovernmentAndSociety/IR245.htm]</ref>
 ===References===
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-The inspiration behind [[Polis]].{{ref|1}}
+The inspiration behind [[Polis]].<ref>Nick Couldry, '[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1186985.ece Professor Roger Silverstone, Media studies pioneer at the LSE]', The Independent, Published: 20 July 2006</ref>
 In his last, posthumously published, book Mediapolis:
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 *Professor of Media Studies, Sussex University 1991-98;
 *Professor of Media and Communications, London School of Economics 1998-2006;
-*died Oxford 16 July 2006.{{ref|2}}
+*died Oxford 16 July 2006.<ref>Couldry, Ibid.</ref>
 ==Publications==
 *R. Silverstone, ''Television and Everyday Life'', Routledge, 1994.
 *R. Silverstone, ''Visions of Surburbia'', Routledge, 1996.
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 *R. Silverstone, ''Media and Morality: On the Rise of the Mediapolis'', Polity Press 2006 (1st Edition).  Book used in a course organized by Polis [http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/summerSchool/brochure/internationalRelationsGovernmentAndSociety/IR245.htm]
-==Notes==
+===References===
-#{{note|1}} Nick Couldry, '[http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1186985.ece Professor Roger Silverstone, Media studies pioneer at the LSE]', The Independent, Published: 20 July 2006
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-The inspiration behind [[Polis]].{{ref|1}}
+In his last, posthumously published, book Mediapolis:
 ==Career==
 *born Birkenhead, Cheshire 15 June 1945;