How the Cold War Broke the News

The Surprising Roots of Journalism's Decline
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6638-9
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Most of us would agree that American journalism has problems. Rushed reporting and thin coverage. Timidity in the face of adversity. Polarized perspectives and euphemistic language. Groupthink about complicated events.

While much blame has been levelled at big tech, Barbie Zelizer traces the decline of American journalism to the Cold War. She makes the bold claim that Cold War-era practices are to blame for the state of journalism today, undermining a once-trusted media environment. This groundbreaking book shows how journalism’s current problems can be traced back to practices developed over half a century ago and demonstrates how they’ve continued to upend journalism, journalists and the news ever since.

We all need a news environment that works. This book tells us why it doesn’t and offers a plan to make it better. If our news is better, so is our democracy. And if our democracy is better, we may be too.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zelizer, Barbie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Where It Began

Chapter One: How It Took Hold

Chapter Two: Enmity, Then and Now

Chapter Three: Invisibility, Then and Now

Chapter Four: Outreach, Then and Now

Conclusion: Why It Needs To End

Endnotes

Über Autor(innen)

Barbie Zelizer is Raymond Williams Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.