Journalism Today
A Themed History
Published on 23. March 2011
352 pages
978-1-4443-9536-5 (ISBN)
Description
Journalism Today: A Themed History provides a culturalapproach to journalism's history through the exploration ofoverarching concepts, as opposed to a typical chronologicaloverview. Rich with illuminating stories and biographies of keyfigures, it sheds new light on the relationship between the pressand society and how each has shaped the other.
* Thematic study of the history of journalism, examining the roleof journalism in democracy, the influence of new technology, thechallenge of balancing ethical values, and the role of theaudience
* Charts the influence of the historical press for today'snews in print, broadcast, and new media
* Situates journalism in a rich cultural context with livelyexamples and case studies that bring the subject alive forcontemporary readers
* Provides a comparative analysis of American, British, andinternational journalism
* Helpful feature boxes on important figures and case studiesenhance student understanding of the development of journalism andnews as we know it today, providing a convenient springboard forfollow-up work.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a useful resource for classrooms, bringingtogether material on issues such as journalism's place in theliberal-democratic ideal, the histories of taxes, content andcirculation, news values, audience analysis studies and mediaeconomies . . . This is a useful addition to a reading list." (Media International Australia, 2012) "Journalism students and practicing journalists will want toread this book. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-divisionundergraduates, technical students, professionals, generalreaders." (Choice, 1 September 2011) "An invaluable book for integrationof recent developments into media history; brilliantly links pastand present, journalism and society through exploringpersonalization, globalization, localization, pauperization ashallmarks of modern journalism." Hazel Dicken-Garcia, ProfessorEmerita, University of Minnesota "Jane Chapman and Nick Nuttall havewritten an introduction to journalism that is highly original andprovocative. It is well worth reading and should be mandatory foranyone with an interest in the subject." Robert W. McChesney, co-author, The Death and Life of AmericanJournalismMore details
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Persons
Jane L. Chapman is Professor of Communications at Universityof Lincoln School of Journalism and visiting Fellow at CambridgeUniversity and University College Dublin School of History. Herbooks include Issues in Contemporary Documentary (2009);Broadcast Journalism: a Critical Introduction (with MarieKinsey, 2008); Documentary in Practice (2007) and thebest-selling Comparative Media History (2005). Her researchinterests include press history and the media's relationship towomen and indigenous minorities.
Nick Nuttall is senior lecturer and MA program leader atthe University of Lincoln School of Journalism. He worked for manyyears in East Africa, the Middle East and Cyprus, writing on traveland communication issues. He has authored a chapter on TrumanCapote and New Journalism for The Journalistic Imagination(2007) as well as a chapter on investigative journalism for thelatest edition of The Newspapers Handbook (2006). Hisresearch interests include New Journalism, press history, and thegonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson.
Content
Preface: How To Use the Book and Summary of Sections viii
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of History: Why Bother With It? 1
Part I: Journalism and Democracy: A Sibling Rivalry?13
1 A Right To Know 15
Résumé: Walter Lippmann 19
Résumés: The Founding Fathers 23
FactFile: The Development of Rights and Liberties 26
2 The Road Not Taken 30
Résumé: Tom Paine 35
FactFile: Anthony Haswell and Freedom of the Press 38
Résumé: Edward Smith Hall - An AustralianPioneer 41
FactFile: Habermas and the Changing Public Sphere 44
FactFile: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 48
3 Digging the Dirt 55
Résumé: Lincoln Steffens 59
Résumé: S. S. McClure 60
Résumé: John Dewey 66
Résumé: Henry Luce 70
4 Spinning a Good Yarn and Developing Community 75
FactFile: The Pseudo-Event 82
Résumé: Ivy Lee 85
Résumé: Edward Bernays 86
FactFile: Neoliberalism's Threat to Community 88
Part II: Technology, Work, and Business: Is Journalism MoreThan Just a Job? 97
5 Changing Roles in a Changing World 99
FactFile: The Cold Type Revolution 101
Résumé: Lord Beaverbrook 104
Résumé: Charles Dana 107
Résumé: William Cobbett 110
Résumé: John Stuart Mill 111
6 A New Journalism For A New Age 120
Résumé: Joseph Pulitzer 121
Résumé: Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe 123
Résumé: E. L. Godkin 126
FactFile: Appeal to Reason 132
FactFile: Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil 134
7 He Who Pays The Piper 140
FactFile: Advertising, Class, and the Daily Herald 142
FactFile: Forza Italia 143
FactFile: The Broadcast Reform Movement, 1928-35 149
FactFile: Edward R. Murrow and See It Now 151
8 A Power Worth Fighting For 160
FactFile: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation 162
FactFile: Cable News Network and the "CNN Effect" 164
Part III: Ethics: A Matter of Judgment? 173
9 Private and Confidential? 175
FactFile: Privacy Codes in the United States 183
FactFile: Privacy Codes in Great Britain 185
10 Fakes, Rakes, and "On The Take" 200
FactFile: Faking It 210
Part IV: Audience: Citizen Consumer or Consumer Citizen?219
11 Finding an Audience 221
FactFile: News Values 225
FactFile: Joe and Jolene Sixpack 231
Résumé: George Newnes 239
Résumé: C. P. Scott and the Manchester Guardian242
12 How Audiences Rewrote the Script 247
FactFile: La Fronde 253
FactFile: Le Petit Journal 256
FactFile: Audience Reaction to W. T. Stead's "Maiden Tribute ofModern Babylon" 265
13 Watching and Listening 272
FactFile: Leo Lowenthal and Celebrity "Idols" 276
FactFile: Measuring the Audience 281
Résumé: Marshall McLuhan 286
Part V: Conclusion: A Future History 297
14 Paper Tigers? 299
Résumé: Paul Julius Reuter 303
FactFile: The "Net Benefit to Canada" Test 306
Index 317
