Haas The Pursuit of Public Journalism

Theory, Practice and Criticism
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-135-86654-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

The Pursuit of Public Journalism is an engaging introduction to the theoretical foundations and practices of the journalistic reform movement known as 'public journalism.' Public journalism - stated briefly - seeks to reinvest journalism with its fundamental responsibilities to democracy and public life. This book argues against many deeply ingrained practices ranging from journalistic detachment to framing stories via polar conflict in favor of greater civic involvement on the part of journalists.

Tanni Haas traces the historical context in which public journalism emerged, develops a philosophy for public journalism, reviews empirical research on public journalism’s performance to date and responds to the major criticisms directed at public journalism. He also examines the particular challenges that public journalism poses to curriculum and instruction: how can journalism educators teach students to write stories useful and of concern to citizens, and how can they encourage citizens to publicly criticize news coverage of given topics? Following review of the major challenges and criticisms of public journalism, the author offers practical solutions for improving public journalism and speculates on public journalism’s likely future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haas, Tanni

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprechwissenschaft, Rhetorik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Emergence of Public Journalism 2. A Public Philosophy for Public Journalism 3. The Emperical Research on Public Journalism 4. Scholarly and Journalistic Criticisms of Public Journalism 5. Citizens and Elite Actors in Public Journalism 6. The Consensus Conference Model as a Public Journalism Tool 7. The Practice of Public Journalism Worldwide 8. From Public Journalism to the Public's Journalism? Bibliography. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tanni Haas is Associate Professor of Speech Communication Arts & Sciences at Brooklyn College. He has published many journal articles and book chapters on the theory and practice of public journalism.