Journalistic Authority: Legitimating News in the Digital Era

Name: Journalistic Authority: Legitimating News in the Digital Era
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ISBN: 9780231174459

ISBN-10: 0231174454

ISBN-13: 9780231174459

Edition: 2017

Authors: Matt Carlson

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When we encounter a news story, why do we accept its version of events? A complicated set of cultural, structural, and technological relationships inform this interaction, and Journalistic Authority provides a relational theory for explaining how journalists attain authority. The book argues that authority is not a thing to be possessed or lost, but a quality of the connections between those laying claim to being an authority and those who assent to it. Matt Carlson examines the practices journalists use to legitimate their work: professional orientation, development of specific news forms, and the personal narratives they circulate to support a privileged social place. He then considers…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English