
Principles of American Journalism
An Introduction
Routledge (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 25. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-1-032-45630-0 (ISBN)
Description
Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, this textbook-now in its fourth edition-introduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy.
From the First Amendment to artificial intelligence, this popular textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique. Authors Stephanie Craft, Charles N. Davis and Joy Jenkins cover the profession's ethical and legal foundations, its historical and modern precepts, the economic landscape of journalism, the relationships among journalism and other social institutions and the key issues and challenges that contemporary journalists face. They also discuss the current ambiguities and transitions-economic and technological-occurring in the field, from nonprofit news sites to social media's effects on journalism.
Filled with relevant case studies, exercises and discussion questions that encourage critical thinking about journalism and its role in society, this book helps students become better-informed media consumers as well as more mindful practitioners of journalism.
From the First Amendment to artificial intelligence, this popular textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique. Authors Stephanie Craft, Charles N. Davis and Joy Jenkins cover the profession's ethical and legal foundations, its historical and modern precepts, the economic landscape of journalism, the relationships among journalism and other social institutions and the key issues and challenges that contemporary journalists face. They also discuss the current ambiguities and transitions-economic and technological-occurring in the field, from nonprofit news sites to social media's effects on journalism.
Filled with relevant case studies, exercises and discussion questions that encourage critical thinking about journalism and its role in society, this book helps students become better-informed media consumers as well as more mindful practitioners of journalism.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Illustrations
26 s/w Abbildungen, 26 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
26 Halftones, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-45630-0 (9781032456300)
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Persons
Stephanie Craft is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois, U.S. Her research addresses definitions and measures of news literacy, how journalists articulate norms of practice and journalism ethics. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Media Ethics, Journalism Practice and Journalism & Communication Monographs.
Charles N. Davis is Professor and Dean of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, U.S. He has served as Department Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism and also spent five years at Mizzou as Executive Director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition.
Joy Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Missouri, U.S. Her studies have focused on how local newsrooms are managing the transition to a digital media environment, the influence of market concerns on journalists' public service roles, how perceptions of audience and local impact shape journalistic identity and the intersections between gender and media. She is a research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford, U.K.
Charles N. Davis is Professor and Dean of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, U.S. He has served as Department Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism and also spent five years at Mizzou as Executive Director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition.
Joy Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Missouri, U.S. Her studies have focused on how local newsrooms are managing the transition to a digital media environment, the influence of market concerns on journalists' public service roles, how perceptions of audience and local impact shape journalistic identity and the intersections between gender and media. She is a research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford, U.K.
Author
University of Illinois, USA
University of Georgia, USA
University of Missouri, USA
Content
1. The Mirror, the Watchdog, and the Marketplace 2. What is Journalism? 3. Making Journalism: New Ways Honor Timeless Values 4. The Independent Journalist 5. From Disruption, New Models Emerge 6. What do Journalists Owe Us? 7. The Foundations of Free Expression 8. Conclusion: The Power of the Free Press