Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 394 g
Reihe: Key Concepts in Journalism
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 394 g
Reihe: Key Concepts in Journalism
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7160-4
Verlag: Polity Press
The public, James Carey famously wrote, is the ?god-term? of journalism, ?the term without which the entire enterprise fails to make sense.? In the last thirty years, scholars have made great progress in understanding just what this means.
In this much-needed new book, leading scholar David Ryfe takes readers on a journey through the literature that explores this most important of relationships. He discusses how and why journalism first emerged in the United States, and why journalism everywhere shares a family resemblance but is nowhere practised in precisely the same way. He goes on to explain why journalists have such difficulty talking about the business aspects of their profession, and explores the boundaries of the field?s collective imagination. Ryfe looks at the nature of change in journalism, providing sketches of its possible futures. Ultimately, he argues that the public is a keyword for journalism because it is impossible to understand the practice without it.
This rich and insightful guide will prove indispensable for anyone interested in understanding the practice of journalism.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Figures and Tables vii
Preface viii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction1 1
The Tradition 2
A New Approach 7
Plan of the Book 22
Chapter 1 Theory 22
Publics 30
Journalism 35
Journalism and the Public 40
Chapter 2 Emergence 47
Early Cases 49
The Development of American Field 59
The Field of French Journalism 67
The Form of News 70
Conclusion 73
Chapter 3 Outside the West 75
History 76
Markets 83
The Chinese Field of Journalism 87
Investigative Journalism 93
Conclusion 101
Chapter 4 The Journalistic Imagination 103
Normative Accounts 106
Journalists Should Tell the Truth 108
Journalists Should Build Community 112
Journalists Should Foster Deliberative Conversation 118
What Should Journalists Do? 125
Chapter 5 Journalism and Change 131
A Recap 132
Mapping Change 137
Time and Change 145
Persistence 149
Conclusion 156
Chapter 6 Moving Forward 158
What We Know 159
What We Do Not Know 163
References 174
Index 199
