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UNINA9910457754103321 |
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Autore |
Henry Neil <1954-> |
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Titolo |
American carnival [[electronic resource] ] : journalism under siege in an age of new media / / Neil Henry |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-75241-X |
9786611752415 |
1-4294-6793-2 |
0-520-93154-8 |
0-520-90401-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Journalistic ethics - United States |
Journalism - Economic aspects - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-305) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 American Carnival; 2 Freak Show; 3 Fun House; 4 World of Illusions; 5 Defending the News; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this vividly written, compelling narrative, award-winning journalist Neil Henry confronts the crisis facing professional journalism in this era of rapid technological transformation. American Carnival combines elements of memoir with extensive media research to explore critical contemporary issues ranging from reporting on the Iraq War, to American race relations, to the exploitation of the image of journalism by advertisers and politicians. Drawing on significant currents in U.S. media and social history, Henry argues that, given the amount of fraud in many institutions in American life to |
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