Poland's Journalists: Professionalism and Politics: 66 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, Series Number 66) - Hardcover

Jane Leftwich Curry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521362016 ISBN 13: 9780521362016

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Originally published in 1990, Polish Journalists: Professionalism and Politics is a study of how, in the face of constant political instructions and restrictions, Polish journalists act as independent forces in their society. Based on a survey of Polish journalists and interviews carried out with working journalists and editors before and after the Solidarity era, as well as published and unpublished studies, documents, and discussions, the book examines how individuals who go into journalism come to think of themselves as journalists, create a strong community of fellow professionals, and work publicly and privately to protect their own interests and serve their own goal of being the 'watchdogs and advocates for a better society'. In doing this, the book answers questions of how groups come to be independent critical forces lobbying for their own interests and influencing broader public policy when the ideology denies their existence.

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"Not only is it superbly researched and intelligently argued, but this work inspires the sociological imagination." Contemporary Sociology

Book Description

Originally published in 1990, Polish Journalists: Professionalism and Politics is a study of how, in the face of constant political instructions and restrictions, Polish journalists act as independent forces in their society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521362016
• ISBN 13: 9780521362016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316