American Journalism: An Historical Reader for Students and Professionals: History, Principles, Practices - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786413719 ISBN 13: 9780786413713

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2002

Synopsis

News consumers made cynical by sensationalist banners--"AMERICA STRIKES BACK," "THE TERROR OF ANTHRAX"--and lurid leads might be surprised to learn that in 1690, the newspaper Publick Occurrences gossiped about the sexual indiscretions of French royalty or seasoned the story of missing children by adding that "barbarous Indians were lurking about" before the disappearance. Surprising, too, might be the media's steady adherence to, if continual tugging at, its philosophical and ethical moorings.

These 39 essays, written and edited by the nation's leading professors of journalism, cover the theory and practice of print, radio, and TV news reporting. Politics and partisanship, press and the government, gender and the press corps, presidential coverage, war reportage, technology and news gathering, sensationalism: each subject is treated individually. Appropriate for interested lay persons, students, professors and reporters.

Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

About this title

About the Authors

Author and editor of numerous books W. David Sloan is retired from teaching journalism at the University of Alabama. He lives in Northport, Alabama.

Lisa Mullikin Parcell, is a professor of communication at Wichita State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786413719
• ISBN 13: 9780786413713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Sloan W. David, Parcell Lisa Mullikin