LEADER 03192nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910455890103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-32251-6 010 $a9786612322518 010 $a1-4106-0929-4 035 $a(CKB)111087027891128 035 $a(EBL)357933 035 $a(OCoLC)437222327 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000263257 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11221019 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263257 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272466 035 $a(PQKB)10068142 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC357933 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL357933 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10263600 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL589543 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027891128 100 $a20030319d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe two W's of journalism$b[electronic resource] $ethe why and what of public affairs reporting /$fDavis Merritt, Maxwell McCombs 210 $aMahwah, NJ $cLawrence Erlbaum Associates$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (179 p.) 225 1 $aLEA's communication series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8058-4731-6 311 $a0-8058-4730-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Introduction; Part I; CHAPTER 1 The Why; CHAPTER 2 First Things First: Why We Have A First Amendment; CHAPTER 3 Conflicting Visions of Democracy; CHAPTER 4 The Evolution of Journalism; CHAPTER 5 What the Public Needs To Know; CHAPTER 6 Three Publics for the News; CHAPTER 7 Technology and the New Millennium; Part II; CHAPTER 8 The What; CHAPTER 9 Sampling the News; CHAPTER 10 Framing Stories and Positioning Citizens; CHAPTER 11 Positioning Ourselves as Journalists; CHAPTER 12 Deliberation; CHAPTER 13 Elections 327 $aCHAPTER 14 Polling-Use and AbuseCHAPTER 15 A Map of the Future; Author Index; Subject Index 330 $aIn this timely volume, the authors explore public affairs journalism, a practice that lies at the core of the journalism profession. They go beyond the journalistic instruction for reporting and presenting news to reflect on why journalism works the way it does. Asking current and future journalists the critical questions, ""Why do we do it?"" and ""What are the ways of fulfilling the goals of journalism?"" their discussion stimulates the examination of contemporary practice, probing the foundations of public affairs journalism. With its detailed examination of factors influenci 410 0$aLEA's communication series. 606 $aJournalism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aJournalism$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJournalism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aJournalism$xSocial aspects 676 $a071/.3 700 $aMerritt$b Davis$0883900 701 $aMcCombs$b Maxwell E$0142779 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455890103321 996 $aThe two W's of journalism$91974055 997 $aUNINA