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Autore |
Jones Alex S |
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Titolo |
Losing the news [[electronic resource] ] : the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy / / Alex S. Jones |
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New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772500-7 |
0-19-974098-4 |
1-282-27073-7 |
9786612270734 |
0-19-972056-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Collana |
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Institutions of American democracy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Journalism - Political aspects - United States |
Journalism - Economic aspects - United States |
Journalism - Objectivity - United States |
Journalistic ethics - United States |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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