02996nam 2200661Ia 450 991045451270332120200520144314.01-282-27073-797866122707340-19-972056-8(CKB)1000000000785354(EBL)453621(OCoLC)609843665(SSID)ssj0000194314(PQKBManifestationID)11182017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194314(PQKBWorkID)10231359(PQKB)10443527(MiAaPQ)EBC453621(Au-PeEL)EBL453621(CaPaEBR)ebr10317665(CaONFJC)MIL227073(EXLCZ)99100000000078535420090505d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLosing the news[electronic resource] the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy /Alex S. JonesNew York, N.Y. Oxford University Press20091 online resource (257 p.)Institutions of American democracyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-975414-4 0-19-518123-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWhat 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 mediaInstitutions of American democracy series.JournalismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesJournalismEconomic aspectsUnited StatesJournalismObjectivityUnited StatesJournalistic ethicsUnited StatesElectronic books.JournalismPolitical aspectsJournalismEconomic aspectsJournalismObjectivityJournalistic ethics071.3Jones Alex S874223MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454512703321Losing the news1951929UNINA