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

• Autore: Jones Alex S
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 0-19-772500-7; 0-19-974098-4; 1-282-27073-7; 9786612270734; 0-19-972056-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777918403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Institutions of American democracy series.