Journalism

Books about the history and social impacts of journalism.

Updated December 17, 2024
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Postmedia Effect : How Vulture Capitalism Is Wrecking Our News
Paper Book
Even as their readers move on-line and their advertisers look elsewhere, daily newspapers continue to be our main source of information, shaping citizens' understanding of the world, and their reactions to events. At the same time, continuing a long-term trend in media ownership, newsrooms have been...
Manipulating the message : how powerful forces shape the news
Rosner, Cecil
Paper Book
Journalists hate the term fake news, but there's a troubling reality: spin doctors routinely try to dupe them into reporting misleading and distorted stories. Check the news on any given day and here's what you'll find: Governments routinely lie. Companies...
The trauma beat : a case for re-thinking the business of bad news /
Cherry, Tamara.
Paper Book
The Trauma Beat examines the impact of the news media on trauma survivors and the impact of trauma on members of the media. Told from the perspective of a longtime crime reporter who is discovering the meaning of trauma-informed journalism, Cherry shares the stories of more than 100 trauma survivors...
American journalism and "fake news" : examining the facts /
Ashley, Seth
Paper Book
This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise--and meaning--of "fake news." A part of ABC-CLIO's Examining the Facts series, which uses evidence...
Making national news : a history of Canadian Press /
Allan, Gene, 1952-
Paper Book
For almost a century, Canadian newspapers, radio and television stations, and now internet news sites have depended on the Canadian Press news agency for most of their Canadian (and, through its international alliances) foreign news. This book provides the first-ever scholarly history of CP, as...
Unfreedom of the press /
Levin, Mark R. 1957-
Paper Book
From six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin comes a groundbreaking and enlightening book that shows how the great tradition of the American free press has degenerated into a standardless profession that has squandered the faith and trust...
The news : a user's manual /
De Botton, Alain
Paper Book
 From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a thought-provoking look at the manic and peculiar position that news has achieved in our lives.      What does the news do to our brains, our souls and our views of one another? We spend an inordinate amount of time...
Ghosting the news : [online electronic audiobook] local journalism and the crisi
Sullivan, Margaret C.
Audiobook
Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on news-impoverished areas in the U.S. and around the world, America's premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage but also...

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