The death of public knowledge? : : how free markets destroy the general intellect / / edited by Aeron Davis.

• TeilnehmendeR: edited by Aeron Davis.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Goldsmiths Press,, [2017]
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 262 pages)

Table of Contents

Section 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.