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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777918403321

Autore

Jones Alex S

Titolo

Losing the news [[electronic resource] ] : the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy / / Alex S. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-772500-7

0-19-974098-4

1-282-27073-7

9786612270734

0-19-972056-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Institutions of American democracy

Disciplina

071.3

Soggetti

Journalism - Political aspects - United States

Journalism - Economic aspects - United States

Journalism - Objectivity - United States

Journalistic ethics - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1 The Iron Core; Chapter 2 Media and Democracy; Chapter 3 The Fragile First Amendment; Chapter 4 Objectivity's Last Stand; Chapter 5 Media Ethics-The Painful Balance; Chapter 6 The Curious Story of News; Chapter 7 Newspapers on the Brink; Chapter 8 The New News Media; Chapter 9 Saving the News; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What is wrong with the news? To answer this dismaying question, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media