American Journalism An Historical Reader for Students and Professionals

Name: American Journalism An Historical Reader for Students and Professionals
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ISBN: 9780786413713

ISBN-10: 0786413719

ISBN-13: 9780786413713

Edition: 2002

Authors: Wm. David Sloan, Lisa Mullikin Parcell

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News consumers made cynical by sensationalist banners-"AMERICA STRIKES BACK," "THE TERROR OF ANTHRAX"-and lurid leads might be surprised to learn that in 1690, the newspaper Publick Occurrences gossiped about the sexual indiscretions of French royalty or seasoned the story of missing children by adding that "barbarous Indians were lurking about" before the disappearance. Surprising, too, might be the media's steady adherence to, if continual tugging at, its philosophical and ethical moorings. These 39 essays, written and edited by the nation's leading professors of journalism, cover the theory and practice of print, radio, and TV news reporting. Politics and partisanship, press and the…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 4/24/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface



The Purposes of Journalism




Politics and Partisanship




The Press and Government




Concepts of News




Ethics




Press Criticism




Characteristics of Journalists




Training and Education of Journalists




Women in Journalism




Publishers




Economics, Business, and Financial Motivations




Mergers, Chains, Monopoly, and Competition




Freedom of the Press




Press Rights and Laws




News Gathering




Cooperative News Gathering




Coverage of Washington




The Press and U.S. Presidents




Coverage of Political Campaigns




Coverage of Crime




Coverage of Sports




Investigative Journalism




Reform Journalism, Exposes, and Crusading




The Press and War




War Coverage




Foreign Correspondence




Objectivity




Sensationalism and Tabloidism




Radio Journalism




Television News




News Writing Structure and Style




Editorial Writing




Newspaper Design




Newspaper Illustrations




Photojournalism




Cartoons, Comics, and Caricature




Technologies of News Gathering and Transmission




Printing Technologies



Contributors


Index