Journalism category: 1922 books
Message Control
How News Is Made on the Presidential Campaign Trail
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
Message Control_a look at what shapes the news from the presidential campaign trail_comes out of the author's experience traveling with campaigns, interviews with other journalists who have covered campaigns from the road, and research on campaign news. Elizabeth Skewes, a journalism professor and...
Tabloid Valley
Supermarket News and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2009
With sensational headlines and scandalous photos, supermarket tabloids dish out the dirt on everyone and everything from space aliens and Bat Boy to Elvis and Britney. Although they were once the pariah of traditional journalism, tabloids have gained credibility in recent years and today their lurid...
by Debra Reddin van Tuyll
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
During the American Civil War, several newspapers remained Confederate sympathizers despite their locations being occupied by Union troops. Examining these papers, the authors explore what methods of suppression occupiers used, how occupation influenced the editorial and business sides of the press, and how occupation impacted freedom of the press.
Race News
Black Journalists and the Fight for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Once distinct, the commercial and alternative black press began to crossover with one another in the 1920s. The porous press culture that emerged shifted the political and economic motivations shaping African American journalism. It also sparked disputes over radical politics that altered news coverage...
'Key figure' or 'endangered species'?
The changing role of the editor in book publishing from Beatrice Davis's day through to 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Journalism, Journalism Professions, grade: 1,7, The University of Sydney (Media and Communications), course: Editing and Manuscript Preparation, language: English, abstract: In this essay I am going to provide an overview of the changing role...
The Moral Media
How Journalists Reason About Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
The Moral Media provides readers with preliminary answers to questions about ethical thinking in a professional environment. Representing one of the first publications of journalists' and advertising practitioners' response to the Defining Issues Test (DIT), this book compares thinking about ethics...
In Transition: Jordan's Media Between Freedom and Regulation
Media System of Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Communications - Journalism, Journalism Professions, grade: 1,3, TU Dortmund (Journalistik), course: International Media Systems, language: English, abstract: This paper considers new developments in Jordan's media regulation and explores an brief analysis...
Narratives in Motion
Journalism and Modernist Events in 1920s Portugal
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Interwar Portugal was in many ways a microcosm of Europe’s encounter with modernity: reshaped by industrialization, urban growth, and the antagonism between liberalism and authoritarianism, it also witnessed new forms of media and mass culture that transformed daily life. This fascinating study...
by Christopher B. Daly
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
The Journalist’s Companion is the book for every journalist and journalism student’s coat pocket or backpack. Anchored by an annotated copy of the U.S. Constitution, this slim and portable volume provides guidance, inspiration, and practical advice for being a journalist today. A veteran front-line...
Internet Newspapers
The Making of a Mainstream Medium
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Internet Newspapers: The Making of a Mainstream Medium examines newspapers on the Internet, and addresses the emergence of online newspapers and the delivery of news through this outlet. Utilizing empirical research, chapters explore the theoretical and practical issues associated with Internet newspapers...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more...
by Marie K. Shanahan
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Comments on digital news stories and on social media play an increasingly important role in public discourse as more citizens communicate through online networks. The reasons for eliminating comments on news stories are plentiful. Off-topic posts and toxic commentary have been shown to undermine legitimate...
by Herbert J. Gans
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
American democracy was founded on the belief that ultimate power rests in an informed citizenry. But that belief appears naive in an era when private corporations manipulate public policy and the individual citizen is dwarfed by agencies, special interest groups, and other organizations that have...
News of Baltimore
Race, Rage and the City
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This book examines how the media approached long-standing and long-simmering issues of race, class, violence, and social responsibility in Baltimore during the demonstrations, violence, and public debate in the spring of 2015. Contributors take Baltimore to be an important place, symbol, and marker,...