Journalism Today A Themed History

by Chapman, Jane L.; Nuttall, Nick

• ISBN13: 9781405179539
• ISBN10: 1405179538
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

- Thematic, non-linear study of journalism history - Emphasizes influence of the historical press on the modern industry - Incorporates roles of print, broadcast, and new media - Comparative analysis of American, British, and international journalism - Highlights influence of media on society and vice-versa

Author Biography

Jane L. Chapman is Professor of Communications at University of Lincoln School of Journalism and visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and University College Dublin School of History. Her books include Issues in Contemporary Documentary (2009); Broadcast Journalism: a Critical Introduction (with Marie Kinsey, 2008); Documentary in Practice (2007) and the best-selling Comparative Media History (2005). Her research interests include press history and the media's relationship to women and indigenous minorities.

Nick Nuttall is senior lecturer and MA program leader at the University of Lincoln School of Journalism. He worked for many years in East Africa, the Middle East and Cyprus, writing on travel and communication issues. He has authored a chapter on Truman Capote and New Journalism for The Journalistic Imagination (2007) as well as a chapter on investigative journalism for the latest edition of The Newspapers Handbook (2006). His research interests include New Journalism, press history, and the gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson.

Table of Contents

Preface: How To Use the Book and Summary of Sections	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of History: Why Bother With It?	p. 1
Journalism and Democracy: A Sibling Rivalry?	p. 13
A Right To Know	p. 15
Résumé: Walter Lippmann	p. 19
Résumés: The Founding Fathers	p. 23
FactFile: The Development of Rights and Liberties	p. 26
The Road Not Taken	p. 30
Résumé: Tom Paine	p. 35
FactFile: Anthony Haswell and Freedom of the Press	p. 38
Résumé: Edward Smith Hall - An Australian Pioneer	p. 41
FactFile: Habermas and the Changing Public Sphere	p. 44
FactFile: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	p. 48
Digging the Dirt	p. 55
Résumé: Lincoln Steffens	p. 59
Résumé: S. S. McClure	p. 60
Résumé: John Dewey	p. 66
Résumé: Henry Luce	p. 70
Spinning a Good Yarn and Developing Community	p. 75
FactFile: The Pseudo-Event	p. 82
Résumé: Ivy Lee	p. 85
Résumé: Edward Bernays	p. 86
FactFile: Neoliberalism's Threat to Community	p. 88
Technology, Work, and Business: Is Journalism More Than Just a Job?	p. 97
Changing Roles in a Changing World	p. 99
FactFile: The Cold Type Revolution	p. 101
Résumé: Lord Beaverbrook	p. 104
Résumé: Charles Dana	p. 107
Résumé: William Cobbett	p. 110
Résumé: John Stuart Mill	p. 111
A New Journalism For A New Age	p. 120
Résumé: Joseph Pulitzer	p. 121
Résumé: Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe	p. 123
Résumé: E. L. Godkin	p. 126
FactFile: Appeal to Reason	p. 132
FactFile: Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil	p. 134
He Who Pays The Piper	p. 140
FactFile: Advertising, Class, and the Daily Herald	p. 142
FactFile: Forza Italia	p. 143
FactFile: The Broadcast Reform Movement, 1928-35	p. 149
FactFile: Edward R. Murrow and See It Now	p. 151
A Power Worth Fighting For	p. 160
FactFile: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation	p. 162
FactFile: Cable News Network and the "CNN Effect"	p. 164
Ethics: A Matter of Judgment?	p. 173
Private and Confidential?	p. 175
FactFile: Privacy Codes in the United States	p. 183
FactFile: Privacy Codes in Great Britain	p. 185
Fakes, Rakes, and "On The Take"	p. 200
FactFile: Faking It	p. 210
Audience: Citizen Consumer or Consumer Citizen?	p. 219
Finding an Audience	p. 221
FactFile: News Values	p. 225
FactFile: Joe and Jolene Sixpack	p. 231
Résumé: George Newnes	p. 239
Résumé: C. P. Scott and the Manchester Guardian	p. 242
How Audiences Rewrote the Script	p. 247
FactFile: La Fronde	p. 253
FactFile: Le Petit Journal	p. 25g
FactFile: Audience Reaction to W. T. Stead's "Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon"	p. 265
Watching and Listening	p. 272
FactFile: Leo Lowenthal and Celebrity "Idols"	p. 276
FactFile: Measuring the Audience	p. 28l
Résumé: Marshall McLuhan	p. 286
Conclusion: A Future History	p. 297
Paper Tigers?	p. 299
Résumé: Paul Julius Reuter	p. 303
FactFile: The "Net Benefit to Canada" Test	p. 306
Index	p. 317
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