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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459143703321

Autore

Rosenberg Howard <1938->

Titolo

No time to think [[electronic resource] ] : the menace of media speed and the 24-hour news cycle / / Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2008

ISBN

1-282-87449-7

9786612874499

1-4411-4140-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FeldmanCharles S

Disciplina

071/.3

Soggetti

Journalism - United States

Television broadcasting of news - United States

Journalism - Objectivity - United States

Journalism - Social aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 "Why Is Speed So Bad?"; Chapter 2 Two Revolutions: French and Mexican; Chapter 3 All the News before It Happens; Chapter 4 Blog On!; Chapter 5 A New Protestant Reformation: Citizen Journalists to the Rescue; Chapter 6 "In-Depth Instant Results"; Chapter 7 Desperate Newspapers Play Catch-Up; Chapter 8 Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside: A Conversation; Chapter 9 What If ? Scenarios, Dark and Darker; Chapter 10 Five Grams News, Ten Grams Speculation; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An eviscerating look at the state of journalism in the age of the 24 hour news cycle by a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic and a veteran news correspondent. No Time To Think focuses on the insidious and increasing portion of the news media that, due to the dangerously extreme speed at which it is produced, is only half thought out, half true, and lazily repeated from anonymous sources interested in selling opinion and wild speculation as news.  These news item can easily gain exposure today, assuming a life of their own while making a mockery



of journalism and creating casualties of co