This wide-ranging study--hailed by American Journalism as one of the year's best books--provides a fresh and surprising view of the religious impulses at work in the typical newsroom by delving into the largely unexamined parallels between religion and journalism, from the "media" of antiquity to the electronic idolatry of the Internet. Focusing on how the history of religion in the United States has been entwined with the growth of the media, Doug Underwood argues that American journalists are rooted in the nation's moral and religious heritage and operate, in important ways, as personifications of the old religious virtues.
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"One of the finest books written on the history of journalism in the United States... Should generate many lively discussions and interesting publications about the relationship between religion and reporting in America." Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly "A carefully researched and highly readable book that leavens our understanding of American journalism." American Journalism
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This wide-ranging study--hailed by American Journalism as one of the year's best books--provides a fresh and surprising view of the religious impulses at work in the typical newsroom by delving into the largely unexamined parallels between religion and journalism, from the "media" of antiquity to the electronic idolatry of the Internet. Focusing on how the history of religion in the United States has been entwined with the growth of the media, Doug Underwood argues that American journalists are rooted in the nation's moral and religious heritage and operate, in important ways, as personifications of the old religious virtues.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fresh look at complicated issue,
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This review is from: From Yahweh to Yahoo!: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE SECULAR PRESS (History of Communication) (Hardcover)
I found this book to be a very useful and fresh approach to the complicated relationship between religion and the media. My own research efforts have discovered similar hints, that the media may indeed have a kind of liberal Christian ethic, which makes them oppose right-wing Christianity. This book gives a solid historical analysis, and is written in a very engaging style--I highly recommend it.
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Nothing original,
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This review is from: From Yahweh to Yahoo!: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE SECULAR PRESS (History of Communication) (Hardcover)
First, this book contains almost no original research in it at all. Some of it is so unoriginal as to be cliched, such as his essay on how Jesus would be covered by today's news media. Second, Underwood finds evidence of religion's influence anywhere and everywhere in the news media, which defies the facts, logic, and common sense. Third, it is usually difficult to tell when Underwood is stating his own opinion or interpretation versus summarizing one of his source's, and it also is often difficult to tell whether or not he agrees with the sources that he's quoting or paraphrasing. The book is mostly a waste of time unless you have never previously read anything on religion and U.S. news media.
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When the Protestant-dominated Long Parliament in England faced an upsurge in polemical religious literature in 1643, it did the accustomed thing: it passed an ordinance that attempted to control the content of printed material through licensing and censorship laws. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prophetic journalism, journalistic quotations, single superscripts, journalistic methodology, public journalism movement, journalistic personality, journalistic maxims, oriented journalists, religion coverage, typical newsroom, journalistic figures, professional value system, modern journalists, journalistic mission, religion reporters, chance fewer, journalistic values, journalistic organizations, prophetic personality, modern journalism, journalists today, civic journalism, prophetic impulse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, New Testament, Benjamin Franklin, James Gordon Bennett, New York Times, Vietnam War, Dalai Lama, Lincoln Steffens, Mark Twain, Upton Sinclair, Walter Lippmann, Golden Rule, Horace Greeley, Jesus Seminar, Mary Magdalene, New Age, New England, Ten Commandments, Thought News, Washington Post, Christian Coalition, Freedom Forum, Gospel of Mary, Ray Stannard Baker New!
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