Table of contents:

Mass communication and society --
Public communiation and public interest: contested territory --
Media performance: traditions of enquiry --
The 'public interest' in communication --
Media performance norms --
Performance norms in media policy discourse: the newspaper press --
Performance norms in media policy discourse: broadcasting --
A framework of principle for media assessment --
Research models and methods --
Media organizational performance: models and research options --
Media freedom --
Concepts and models of media freedom --
Media freedom: from structure to performance --
Media freedom: the organizational environment --
Diversity --
Varieties and processes of diversity --
Taking the measure of diversity: media reflection --
Media access and audience choice --
Objectivity --
Concepts of objectivity --
A framework for objectivity research --
Measuring objectivity: news as information --
Measuring objectivity: the evaluative dimension of news --
Mass media, order and social control --
Media and the maintenance of public order --
Policing the symbolic environment --
Solidarity and social identity --
Media and culture --
Questions of culture and mass communication --
Cultural identity and autonomy: whose media culture? --
In conclusion --
Changing media, changing mores: implications for assessment.