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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # GRP101626452
Book Description Paperback. Condition: GOOD. Small grease spot to front cover. Back corner creased. Highlighting. 242 pages. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. US orders ship USPS from Niagara Falls, NY. Canadian orders ship from Ontario. Seller Inventory # 11653
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # GRP101626452
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover. Light shelf and handling wear to covers. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 62064w72
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Steve MacEachern/Smart Work (illustrator). First Edition 2nd Printing. Previous Owner Markings (Underlining); Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. CONTENTS: Preface CHAPTER 1 NEWS: A MIRROR TO OURSELVES The Psychology of the Source; Defining News; The Ingredients of News; A Problem of "Narrowness"; The Violence Question; Pack Journalism and Stereotypes CHAPTER 2 CREATING IMAGES: JOURNALISM AND THE PSEUDO-ENVIRONMENT Ellul and the Idea of Propaganda; Innis and McLuhan; The Sociological Tradition; New Departures; Semiotics and the Language of News; Linguistics CHPATER 3 THE PRESS AND ITS FREEDOM: EVOLVING CONCEPTS A Growing Enlightenment; John Milton; John Locke; Fox's Libel Act; John Stuart Mill; The New Collectivity; Social Responsibility; The Five Tenets CHAPTER 4 THE QUALITY CONUNDRUM: TOWARD A FREE BUT ACCOUNTABLE JOURNALISM An Uncertain Philosophy; Historic Divisions; The Penny Press; Yellow Journalism; A Blending of Traditions; The Canadian Connection; The Canon of Objectivity; A Question of Ethics; Journalism and Professionalism; The Ombudsman; The Press Council CHAPTER 5 THE CONSUMING SYMBIOSIS: JOURNALISTS, POLITICIANS, AND OTHERS A Net for Large Fish; Living by Disclosure; An Intolerable Tradition?; A Proper Pipeline; Glibness and Superficiality; A Case Study: The Mohawk Crisis; "Lied to rather a lot . . . "; The Infocan Experience; A Moral Right of Media?; Other Institutions; Television's Impact; A Rapid-Fire Flow CHAPTER 6 SOCIAL CONTROL: BASIS IN LAW Prior Restraint; Contempt of Court; Libel and Defamation; Civil Defamation; Libel as a Crime; Obscenity and the Media; Questions of Hate; Emergencies and Official Secrets; The Constitution CHAPTER 7 REGULATION: THE CANADIAN WAY Periodicals; Taming the Airwaves; The CRTC and on to the 1990s; An "Air of Death"; Regulation and the Daily Press; LaMarsh, Infocan, and others; Black Wednesday; The Draft Legislation; A History of Concern CHAPTER 8 TOWARD TOMORROW: CHANGING PATTERNS A Subtle List; Journalism of the Stars; The Imperative to Entertain; A Struggle for Survival; Journalism and the Marketeers; Softer and Narrower News; At the Bottom Line APPENDIX Areopagitica; On Liberty; The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom; Code of Ethics of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; The Canadian Publishers' Code; Index. SYNOPSIS: Andrew M. Osler is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of Western Ontario where he also holds a cross-appointment in the Department of Sociology. The book draws on Osler's long and varied experience as a working journalist to provide a unique, insightful exploration of the nature of journalism and its function in Canadian society. Here is a comprehensive overview of the patterns and influences that continue to define news. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 001182