Four theories of the press: the autoritarian, libertarian, social responsibility and soviet communist concepts of what the press should be and do

167 Pages·1963·7.808 MB·English

by  Peterson, Theodore;Schramm, Wilbur Lang;Siebert, Fred S

FOUR
THEORIES
OF THE
PRESS
The Authoritarian, Libertarian, Social Responsibility
and Soviet Communist Concepts of What the Press
Should Be and Do
FRED S. SIEBERT • THEODORE PETERSON • WILBUR SCHRAMM

FOUR THEORIES OF THE PRESS

FOUR THEORIES
OF THE PRESS
THE AUTHORITARIAN, LIBERTARIAN, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
SOVIET COMMUNIST CONCEPTS OF WHAT THE PRESS SHOULD BE AND DO
FRED S. SIEBERT · THEODORE PETERSON · WILBUR SCHRAMM
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Urbana and Chicago
Originally published in a clothbound edition, 1956
© 1956, 1984 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 56-11881
ISBN 0-252-72421-6
ISBN 978-0-252-72421-3
These essays were prepared
in connection with a study of
the social responsibilities
of mass communicators which
Dr. Schramm conducted for the
Department of the Church
and Economic Life of the
National Council of Churches.
The authors are grateful to
the Council for releasing these
materials for publication apart
from the study.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1
THE AUTHORITARIAN THEORY 9
FRED S. SIEBERT
2
THE LIBERTARIAN THEORY 39
FRED S. SIEBERT
3
THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THEORY 73
THEODORE PETERSON
4
THE SOVIET COMMUNIST THEORY 105
WILBUR SCHRAMM
BIBLIOGRAPHY 147