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



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Autore: Jones Alex S Visualizza persona
Titolo: Losing the news [[electronic resource] ] : the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy / / Alex S. Jones Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 071.3
Soggetto topico: Journalism - Political aspects - United States
Journalism - Economic aspects - United States
Journalism - Objectivity - United States
Journalistic ethics - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: Losing the news  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-27073-7
9786612270734
0-19-972056-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454512703321
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Serie: Institutions of American democracy series.