%0 Journal Article %1 mcintyre_repositioning_1987 %A McIntyre, Jerilyn S. %D 1987 %J Critical Studies in Mass Communication %K 1940s hutchins-commission institutional intellectual internalist journalism journalism-ethics media-policy postwar united-states %N 2 %P 136--160 %R 10.1080/15295038709360122 %T Repositioning a Landmark: The Hutchins Commission on Freedom of the Press %V 4 %X The ideal of '' accountability,'' a major normative concept in media ethics for the past forty years, was articulated during the mid-1940s by the Commission on Freedom of the Press, a distinguished group of intellectuals and scholars who met intermittently during World War II to consider the problem of freedom of expression in modern society. Drawing on a variety of archival materials for evidence of the commission's thinking, this essay argues that the concept of accountability was originally intended as a guide to policy making and that, to appreciate the continuing relevance of the commission's work as a landmark in media studies, it is essential to understand the policy orientation that underlay most of its ideas and recommendations.

@article{mcintyre_repositioning_1987, abstract = {The ideal of '' accountability,'' a major normative concept in media ethics for the past forty years, was articulated during the mid-1940s by the Commission on Freedom of the Press, a distinguished group of intellectuals and scholars who met intermittently during World War II to consider the problem of freedom of expression in modern society. Drawing on a variety of archival materials for evidence of the commission's thinking, this essay argues that the concept of accountability was originally intended as a guide to policy making and that, to appreciate the continuing relevance of the commission's work as a landmark in media studies, it is essential to understand the policy orientation that underlay most of its ideas and recommendations.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {McIntyre, Jerilyn S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2314f9aba1abef035a4dc25a30a685454/jpooley}, doi = {10.1080/15295038709360122}, interhash = {cf396160cc4e3d9dcaf325976461e12b}, intrahash = {314f9aba1abef035a4dc25a30a685454}, journal = {Critical Studies in Mass Communication}, keywords = {1940s hutchins-commission institutional intellectual internalist journalism journalism-ethics media-policy postwar united-states}, number = 2, pages = {136--160}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {Repositioning a {{Landmark}}: {{The Hutchins Commission}} on {{Freedom}} of the {{Press}}}, volume = 4, year = 1987 }