A History of News
3rd Edition
Published on 26. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-19-518991-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a revision of a versatile and unique text that is suited for introductory courses on the history of journalism and media and society, which are fundamental courses in undergraduate and graduate journalism/mass communication departments. The author's approach in this text is distinctive as he traces the history of the news from preliterate cultures to the current information explosion. Most importantly, he examines news in all of its manifestations - spoken, written, visual - from an international perspective. In this edition, Stephens broadens the scope of international coverage. expands the section on television news, and adds an entire chapter on the Internet and The Digital Revolution.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for previous editions:". . . thorough, scrupulous, and witty. . . A History of News is in all respects first-rate, and original, work."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
". . . as a critical historian, his analysis is not only astute, but often elegant and even downright poignant . . . a book indispensable for its lucid demonstration that the news, while promising enlightenment, also promotes confusion."--Mark Crispin Miller, New York Times Book Review
"Stephens has produced a study of the concept of 'news' from prehistoric times to our own, and the book succeeds as a thoroughly accessible work about the history, anthropology, economics, psychology, and practical techniques of journalism."--Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
"Stephens . . . has given us an insightful and very different look at our communication past. . . . We do not have another communication history like this. . . . Perhaps we should make our students dive deeper. Perhaps we should ourselves. This book does."--Donald Lewis Shaw, Journalism Quarterly
Praise for previous editions:
". . . thorough, scrupulous, and witty. . . A History of News is in all respects first-rate, and original, work."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
". . . as a critical historian, his analysis is not only astute, but often elegant and even downright poignant . . . a book indispensable for its lucid demonstration that the news, while promising enlightenment, also promotes confusion."--Mark Crispin Miller, New York Times Book Review
"Stephens has produced a study of the concept of 'news' from prehistoric times to our own, and the book succeeds as a thoroughly accessible work about the history, anthropology, economics, psychology, and practical techniques of journalism."--Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
"Stephens . . . has given us an insightful and very different look at our communication past. . . . We do not have another communication history like this. . . . Perhaps we should make our students dive deeper. Perhaps we should ourselves. This book does."--Donald Lewis Shaw, Journalism Quarterly
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
719 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-518991-9 (9780195189919)
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Content
A Chronology Introduction PART I: SPOKEN NEWS 1. Why News?--The Thursty Desyer that All Our Kynde Hath to Know The Need for News--A Social Sense The Urge to Tell 2. News in Preliterate Societies--In the Ordinary Way "Human Wireless Telegraphy" The Amplification of News--Messengers, Criers and Minstrels Newsworthiness The Edge of the World 3. The Survival of Spoken News--Publishing the Whisper of the Day Coffeehouses and Nouvellistes The Decline of Spoken News PART II: WRITTEN NEWS 4. News and Literacy--The First Story that Comes to Hand The Demands of News News and History 5. News and Empire--The Thought Stream of the Group Mind News of Rome News Through China News Across Europe "Cosmopolitan Commerce" PART III: PRINTED NEWS 6. Controlling the News--The Undeceiving of the People News Management and Manipulation--The Newsbook Press Controls A Fear of Controversy Chauvinism--The News Ballad 7. Human Interests (Faits Divers)--Such a Deal of Wonder Published Gossip News of Crime Sensationalism Moralizing The Supernatural "Popular" Journalism 8. The Logic of News (Faits Isoles)--People Biting Dogs The Extraordinary The Conventional The Unexpected PART IV: NEWSPAPERS 9. The First Newspapers--Expecting the News News in Venice--The Gazette News from Amersterdam--The Coranto An Editor in London 10. The Power of the Periodical--Domesticating News Home News--The Breadth of the Newspaper News of Science--The Authority of the Newspaper News of Business--The Speed of the Newspaper 11. News and Revolution--A Junction of All the People The American Revolution The French Revolution A Free Press 12. Mass Circulation--For All The Penny Press and Newspaper Ownership Other Voices The New Journalism and Consolidation Tabloids and Corporations PART V: REPORTING 13. Before Reporting--No Data by Which We Can Correctly Reason The Haze The Print Shop 14. The Development of Reporting--The Journalistic Method Enterprise Observation Investigation--The World Asked to Explain Itself The Veneration of the Fact Objectivity Controlling the News--Still PART VI: ELECTRONIC NEWS 15. New Technologies--Improved Means to an Unimproved End Radio--An Electronic Meeting Place Television--The Distant Newsmonger 16. The Information Explosion--A Surfeit of Data Publicity The Weight of the Present--News, Rumors and Ideas The Future of News Endnotes Bibliography Credits Index