The press

Author(s)

• Overholser, Geneva
• Jamieson, Kathleen Hall

Bibliographic Information

The press

Geneva Overholser, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, editors

（Institutions of American democracy series）

Oxford University Press, c2005

• : pbk

Note

"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780195172836

Description

American democracy is built on its institutions. The Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, in particular, undergird the rights and responsibilities of every citizen. The free press, for example, protected by the First Amendment, allows for the dissent so necessary in a democracy. How has this institution changed since the nation's founding? And what can we, as leaders, policymakers, and citizens, do to keep it vital? The freedom of the press is an essential element of American democracy. With the guidance of editors Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, this volume examines the role of the press in a democracy, investigating alternative models used throughout world history to better understand how the American press has evolved into what it is today. The commission also examines ways to allow more voices to be heard and to improve the institution of the American free press. "The Press", a collection of essays by the nation's leading journalism scholars and professionals will examine the history, identity, roles, and future of the American press, with an emphasis on topics of concern to both practitioners and consumers of American media.

Table of Contents

DIRECTORY OF CONTRIBUTORS Jaroslav Pelikan: GENERAL INTRODUCTION: The Press as an Institution of American Constitutional Democracy Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson: INTRODUCTION Michael Schudson: SECTION I: ORIENTATIONS: THE PRESS AND DEMOCRACY IN TIME AND SPACE 1: Daniel C. Hallin and Robert Giles: Presses and Democracies 2: Michael Schudson and Susan E. Tifft: American Journalism in Historical Perspective 3: Robert M. Entman: The Nature and Sources of News 4: Barbie Zelizer: Definitions of Journalism 5: Pamela Newkirk: The Minority Press: Pleading Our Own Cause 6: John Keane: Journalism and Democracy across Borders Timothy E. Cook: SECTION II: THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESS IN A DEMOCRACY 7: James Curran: What Democracy Requires of the Media 8: Robert Schmuhl and Robert G. Picard: The Marketplace of Ideas 9: Maxwell McCombs: The Agenda-Setting Function of the Press 10: W. Lance Bennett and William Serrin: The Watchdog Role 11: Thomas Patterson and Philip Seib: Informing the Public 12: Esther Thorson: Mobilizing Citizen Participation Martha Joynt Kumar: SECTION III: GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS: AN AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP 13: Martha Joynt Kumar and Alex Jones: Government and the Press: Issues and Trends 14: Timothy E. Cook: Public Policy toward the Press: What Government Does For the News Media 15: Bruce W. Sanford and Jane E. Kirtley: The First Amendment Tradition and Its Critics 16: Jane E. Kirtley: Legal Evolution of the Government-News Media Relationship 17: Robert B. Horwitz: Communications Regulation in Protecting the Public Interest 18: Daniel Schorr: Journalism and the Public Interest 19: William Prochnau: The Military and the Media Theodore L. Glasser: SECTION IV: STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF THE AMERICAN PRESS 20: Robert G. Picard: Money, Media, and the Public Interest 21: James T. Hamilton: The Market and the Media 22: Mitchell Stephens and David T. Z. Mindich: The Press and the Politics of Representation 23: Theodore L. Glasser and Marc Gunther: The Legacy of Autonomy in American Journalism 24: Carolyn Marvin and Philip Meyer: What Kind of Journalism Does the Public Need? SECTION V 25 The Future of News, The Future of Journalism: John Carey and Nancy Hicks Maynard: Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson: AFTERWORD INDEX

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780195309140

Description

American democracy is built on its institutions. The Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, in particular, undergird the rights and responsibilities of every citizen. The free press, for example, protected by the First Amendment, allows for the dissent so necessary in a democracy. How has this institution changed since the nation's founding? And what can we, as leaders, policymakers, and citizens, do to keep it vital? The freedom of the press is an essential element of American democracy. With the guidance of editors Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, this volume examines the role of the press in a democracy, investigating alternative models used throughout world history to better understand how the American press has evolved into what it is today. The commission also examines ways to allow more voices to be heard and to improve the institution of the American free press. The Press, a collection of essays by the nation's leading journalism scholars and professionals will examine the history, identity, roles, and future of the American press, with an emphasis on topics of concern to both practitioners and consumers of American media.

Table of Contents

• DIRECTORY OF CONTRIBUTORS
• GENERAL INTRODUCTION: The Press as an Institution of American Constitutional Democracy
• INTRODUCTION
• SECTION I: ORIENTATIONS: THE PRESS AND DEMOCRACY IN TIME AND SPACE
• 1. Presses and Democracies
• 2. American Journalism in Historical Perspective
• 3. The Nature and Sources of News
• 4. Definitions of Journalism
• 5. The Minority Press: Pleading Our Own Cause
• 6. Journalism and Democracy across Borders
• SECTION II: THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESS IN A DEMOCRACY
• 7. What Democracy Requires of the Media
• 8. The Marketplace of Ideas
• 9. The Agenda-Setting Function of the Press
• 10. The Watchdog Role
• 11. Informing the Public
• 12. Mobilizing Citizen Participation
• SECTION III: GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS: AN AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP
• 13. Government and the Press: Issues and Trends
• 14. Public Policy toward the Press: What Government Does For the News Media
• 15. The First Amendment Tradition and Its Critics
• 16. Legal Evolution of the Government-News Media Relationship
• 17. Communications Regulation in Protecting the Public Interest
• 18. Journalism and the Public Interest
• 19. The Military and the Media
• SECTION IV: STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF THE AMERICAN PRESS
• 20. Money, Media, and the Public Interest
• 21. The Market and the Media
• 22. The Press and the Politics of Representation
• 23. The Legacy of Autonomy in American Journalism
• 24. What Kind of Journalism Does the Public Need?
• SECTION V
• AFTERWORD
• INDEX

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Details

• NCID: BA73610312
• ISBN:
  • 0195172833
  • 0195309146
• LCCN: 2004029861
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 473 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN4888.P6
  • DC22 : 071/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Press and politics -- United States
  • LCSH : Democracy -- United States
  • LCSH : Freedom of the press -- United States
  • LCSH : Government and the press -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA73610196