Journalism category: 1922 books
Among the Woo People
A Survival Guide for Living in a College Town
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2017
In the mid-nineties, Russell Frank left a peaceful life in rural California to raise three kids in a town saturated with fraternities, late-night undergrad fast food haunts, and rowdy football crowds. Among the Woo People recounts his two decades living—and surviving—in State College, Pennsylvania,...
Pain Killer
An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
“Groundbreaking . . . the shocking account of the origins of today's opioid epidemic, the creators of this plague, and the way to help stop it.”—Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
“Prescient . . . a landmark work of investigative journalism.”—David...
by Richard Keeble, Ian Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
This new edition of The Newspapers Handbook presents an enlightening examination of an ever-evolving industry, engaging with key contemporary issues, including reporting in the digital age and ethical and legislative issues following the hacking scandal to display a comprehensive anatomy of the modern...
The Silent Revolution
How Digitalization Transforms Knowledge, Work, Journalism and Politics without Making Too Much Noise
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Critically engaging, illustrative and with numerous examples, The Silent Revolution delivers a philosophically informed introduction to current debates on digital technology and calls for a more active role of humans towards technology.
Chinese Reportage
The Aesthetics of Historical Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2002
Chinese Reportage details for the first time in English the creation and evolution of a distinctive literary genre in twentieth-century China. Reportage literature, while sharing traditional journalism’s commitment to the accurate, nonfictional portrayal of experience, was largely produced by authors...
Finding the Right Place on the Map
Central and Eastern European Media Change in a Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Finding the Right Place on the Map is a crosscutting, international comparison of the media systems and the democratic performance of the media in post-Communist countries. It explores issues of commercial media, social exclusion, and consumer capitalism in a comparative East-West perspective. Each...
by John O'Kane
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Populism is all the rage these days. Bloggers and journalists from across the political spectrum are obsessed with "the people," citizens with already limited power and resources who've suffered severe setbacks from the big Recession of 2008 whose effects continue to this day. Are those...
Why Discourse Matters
Negotiating Identity in the Mediatized World
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This volume draws on issues and cases from more than 20 countries to provide empirical evidence and theoretical insights into why discourse matters. Covering a wide range of concepts and topical issues, contributors from media studies, journalism, and linguistics address the following key questions:...
The American Political Scandal
Free Speech, Public Discourse, and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
In this holistic examination of political scandal in the United States, David Dewberry argues convincingly that such scandals follow a consistent narrative centered largely on media coverage and politician performance rather than the actual corruption or ethics violation committed. In making this...
Troubling Transparency
The History and Future of Freedom of Information
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Today, transparency is a widely heralded value, and the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is often held up as one of the transparency movement’s canonical achievements. Yet while many view the law as a powerful tool for journalists, activists, and ordinary citizens to pursue the public good,...
From Pigeons to News Portals
Foreign Reporting and the Challenge of New Technology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Ever since the invention of the telegraph, journalists have sought to remove the barriers of time and space. Today, we readily accept that reporters can jet quickly to a distant location and broadcast instantly from a satellite-connected, video-enabled cell phone hanging from their belts. But now...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, an event hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. First place winner: Terrence McCoy, “It...
Motherhood in the Media
Infanticide, Journalism, and the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
This book examines contemporary media stories about women who kill their children. By analyzing media texts, motherhood blogs, and journalistic interviews, the book seeks to understand better maternal violence and the factors that lead women to harm their children. The central thesis of this book...
by Bill Buford
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
A selection from the beloved bestseller Among the Thugs, “Waiting for a Goal” pinpoints the actual soccer amid the rampant hooliganism.
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin’ Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs, and themselves....