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Published by Copp Clark Pitman, 1992
ISBN 10: 0773051937ISBN 13: 9780773051935
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
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.
Published by Copp Clark Pitman, Toronto, 1993
ISBN 10: 0773051937ISBN 13: 9780773051935
Seller: Irolita Books, Aurora, ON, Canada
Book
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.
Published by Copp Clark Pitman, 1992
ISBN 10: 0773051937ISBN 13: 9780773051935
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Book
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.
Published by Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., Toronto, 1998
ISBN 10: 0773051937ISBN 13: 9780773051935
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Book
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.
Published by North Carolina Education Association, Raleigh, 1924
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Ephemera. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, tanned. Wrappers tanned with light edge wear. Handling wear overall, including creasing at top corner on wrappers and pages. ; Contents: Andrews, Professional ethics. Wright, How we got the county-unit plan before the people. MacKay, A solution of the literary society problem. Sullivan, Bird study in the elementary grades. Bailey, A student's idea on teaching literature. Morris, Mary Bryan Griswold. Blair, Fort Macon. Cover is devoted to a memorial to Charles Brantley Aycock on Capitol Square in Raleigh in 1924. (Aycock became a controversial figure in the 21st century for his openly racist views and discriminatory policies while Governor of North Carolina.); 12" tall; 32 pages. Good with No dust jacket as issued.
Published by Copp Clark Pitman Ltd., Mississauga, 1994
ISBN 10: 0773051937ISBN 13: 9780773051935
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
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.
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket. 8vo pp.159, previous owners inscription on FEP, Limited edition of 500 printed of first edition. book.