02654nam 2200649 a 450 991082729550332120230721025833.01-281-75241-X97866117524151-4294-6793-20-520-93154-80-520-90401-X(CKB)1000000000354381(EBL)291350(OCoLC)437178344(SSID)ssj0000101939(PQKBManifestationID)11128003(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101939(PQKBWorkID)10047984(PQKB)10816251(MiAaPQ)EBC291350(MiAaPQ)EBC4977893(Au-PeEL)EBL291350(CaPaEBR)ebr10170964(Au-PeEL)EBL4977893(CaONFJC)MIL175241(OCoLC)1027201068(EXLCZ)99100000000035438120061122d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican carnival[electronic resource] journalism under siege in an age of new media /Neil Henry1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (344 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4294-6793-2 0-520-24342-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-305) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 American Carnival; 2 Freak Show; 3 Fun House; 4 World of Illusions; 5 Defending the News; Notes; IndexIn 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 toJournalistic ethicsUnited StatesJournalismEconomic aspectsUnited StatesJournalistic ethicsJournalismEconomic aspects174/.90704Henry Neil1954-1646900MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827295503321American carnival3994152UNINA