The right to tell : the role of mass media in economic development (Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2002)
Into the looking glass : what the media tell and why-- an overview / Roumeen Islam -- Transparency in government / Joseph Stiglitz -- Mass media and political accountability / Timothy Besley, Robin Burgess, and Andrea Prat -- The media and markets in the United States / Edward S. Herman -- Irrational exuberance in the media / Robert J. Shiller -- Distributing news and political influence / David Stromberg -- The corporate governance role of the media / Alexander Dyck and Luigi Zingales -- Media ownership and prosperity / Simeon Djankov ... [et al.] -- Media as industry : economic foundations of mass communications / Bruce M. Owen -- The legal environment for news media / Peter Krug and Monroe E. Price -- Insult laws / Ruth Walden -- Media in transition : the hegemony of economics / Tim Carrington and Mark Nelson -- The best profession in the world / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The media and access to information in Thailand / Kavi Chongkittavorn -- The media and development in Bangladesh / Mahfuz Anam -- How the Cairo Times came to be published out of Cyprus / Hisham Kassem -- The role of the media in Zimbabwe / Mark G. Chavunduka -- Journalism after Communism : ten commandments for a good journalist / Adam Michnik -- The survival of a provincial television station in an era of enormous changes / Victor Muchnik and Yulia Muchnik
"A continuation of the work carried out for the World development report 2002: Building institutions for markets"--P. vi
Prepared by a team led by Roumeen Islam
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Keywords: Communication en developpement economique; Communication in economic development; Economic development -- Information services; Mass media -- Economic aspects