Losing the news : the future of the news that feeds democracy /
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting t...
| Основен автор: | Jones, Alex S. |
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| Автор-организация: | Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands., Annenberg Public Policy Center. |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Серия: |
Institutions of American democracy series.
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| Резюме: |
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media to serious news is fading. Should we lose a critical mass of this news, our democracy will weaken--and possibly even begin to fail. This book is also a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many hopeful signs, and Jones closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved.--From publisher description. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." Includes index. |
| Физически характеристики: |
xix, 234 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780195181234 (hardback : alk. paper) 0195181239 (hardback : alk. paper) |