Social responsibility theory assumes a press
that balances profit and service under the
watch of an interested public. Many critics,
as you’ve read, believe the media have
favored profit over service as the public has
remained disinterested. But if journalism
becomes the product of a primarily nonprofit
or philanthropic system, how might social
responsibility theory have to be reconfigured? What will it mean if profit is no longer essential? What additional demands, if
any, will this place on the public?