This instructive and entertaining social history of American newspapers shows that the very idea of impartial, objective “news” was the social product of the democratization of political, economic, and social life in the nineteenth century. Professor Schudson analyzes the shifts in reportorial style over the years and explains why the belief among journalists and readers alike that newspapers must be objective still lives on.
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Schudson gives a lively explanation of American newspapers, up to 1980. Much of the discussion is about how things worked in the 19th century, when reporting was far more partisan and less regulated by convention or professional codes.
As the 20th century proceeded, the quality of reporting tended to rise; to become more objective, at least on the surface. And even partisan newspapers like the Wall Street Journal improved the accuracy of their front page articles. Alas, the book needs a serious updating [if the author is still around], to take into account the Web 2.0 and its effect on newspapers.
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BY BIRTH, education, and marriage, James Fenimore Cooper was an American aristocrat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
democratic market society, interpretative reporting, interpretive reporting, penny papers, technological argument, adversary culture, penny press, public relations counsel, moral war Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, James Gordon Bennett, Evening Post, Richard Harding Davis, New England, Wall Street, Walter Lippmann, Washington Post, Commercial Advertiser, Ivy Lee, Horace Greeley, Joseph Pulitzer, Associated Press, Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, White House, Adolph Ochs, North Vietnam, Sunday World, Abraham Cahan, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Benjamin Day, John Dewey New!
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BY BIRTH, education, and marriage, James Fenimore Cooper was an American aristocrat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
democratic market society, interpretative reporting, interpretive reporting, penny papers, technological argument, adversary culture, penny press, public relations counsel, moral war Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, James Gordon Bennett, Evening Post, Richard Harding Davis, New England, Wall Street, Walter Lippmann, Washington Post, Commercial Advertiser, Ivy Lee, Horace Greeley, Joseph Pulitzer, Associated Press, Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, White House, Adolph Ochs, North Vietnam, Sunday World, Abraham Cahan, American Society of Newspaper Editors, Benjamin Day, John Dewey New!
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