Journalism : critical issues
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Journalism : critical issues
Open University Press, 2005
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Description
"...this book can be recommended to journalism students as a useful entry point into many of the debates surrounding 21st century journalism, and as a way of encouraging thought about what, indeed, a journalist may be."
Tony Harcup, University of Sheffield
What are the key issues confronting journalism today, and why?
What are the important debates regarding the forms and practices of reporting?
How can the quality of news be improved?
Journalism: Critical Issues explores essential themes in news and journalism studies. It bringstogether an exciting selection of original essays which engage with the most significant topics,debates and controversies in this fast-growing field.Using a wide range of case studies, topics include:
Journalism's role in a democracy
Source dynamics in news production
Journalism ethics
Sexism and racism in the news
Tabloidization, scandals and celebrity
Reporting conflict, terrorism and war
The future of investigative journalism
The book is written in a lively manner designed to invite discussion by identifying key questionsaround a critical issue. Each chapter assesses where journalism is today, its strengths and itschallenges, and highlights ways to improve upon it for tomorrow.Journalism: Critical Issues is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields ofnews and journalism, media studies, cultural studies, sociology and communication studies.Contributors: Stuart Allan, Alison Anderson, Olga Guedes Bailey, Steven Barnett,Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Michael Bromley, Cynthia Carter, Simon Cottle, Chas Critcher,Matthew David, Maire Messenger Davies, Bob Franklin, Robert A. Hackett, RamaswamiHarindranath, Ian Hutchby, Richard Keeble, Justin Lewis, Minelle Mahtani, P. David Marshall,Brian McNair, Martin Montgomery, Alan Petersen, Susanna Hornig Priest, Jane Rhodes,Karen Ross, David Rowe, Prasun Sonwalkar, Linda Steiner, Howard Tumber, Ingrid Volkmer,Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Barbie Zelizer.
Table of Contents
Introduction:Hidden in Plain Sight: Journalism's Critical Issues PART 1: Journalism's Histories
Intimately Intertwined in the Most Public Way: Celebrity and Journalism
Race, Ideology and Journalism: Black Power and Television News
The 'Gender Matters' Debate in Journalism: Lessons from the Front
Journalism Ethics: Towards an Orwellian Critique?
News on the Web: The Emerging Forms and Practices of Online Journalism
PART II:Journalism and Democracy
Is There a Democratic Deficit in US and UK Journalism?
Active Citizen or Coach Potato? Journalism and Public Opinion
In Defense of 'Thick' Journalism: Or How Television Journalism Can Be Good For Us
Fourth Estate or Fan Club? Sports Journalism Engages the Popular
McJournalism: The Local Press and the McDonaldization Thesis
The Emerging Chaos of Global News Culture
PART III: Journalism's Realities Journalism Through the Camera's Eye
Mighty Dread: Journalism and Moral Panics
Communication or Spin? Source - Media Relations in Science Journalism
Risk Reporting: Why Can't They Ever Get it Right?
News Talk: Interaction in the Broadcast News Interview
'A Fresh Peach is Easier to Bruise': Children and Traumatic News
PART IV: Journalism and the Politics of Othering
Talking War: How Journalism Responded to the Events of 9/11
Banal Journalism: The Centrality of the 'Us-Them' Binary in News Discourse
Racialised 'Othering': The Representation of Asylum Seekers in the News Media
Women in the Boyzone: Gender, News and Herstory
Gendered News Practices: Examining Experiences of Women Journalists in Different National Contexts
PART V:Journalism and the Public Interest
Subterfuge as Public Service: Investigative Journalism as Idealized Journalism
Opportunity or Threat? The BBC, Investigative Journalism and the Hutton Report
Journalism, Media Conglomerates and the Federal Communications Commission
News in the Global Public Space
Journalism and the War in Iraq
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Description
"...this book can be recommended to journalism students as a useful entry point into many of the debates surrounding 21st century journalism, and as a way of encouraging thought about what, indeed, a journalist may be."
Tony Harcup, University of SheffieldIn the last ten years, there has been an enormous growth in the firlds of coaching, mentoring and consultancy. This field, like psychotherapy and counselling before it, is going through a phase of professionalisation, with the establishment of formal standards, European bodies and the requirements for supervision.This book provides a response to these growing demands. The first section is for the coach, mentor and consultant; the second is for the Supervisor of such people; the third addressing the wider issues of training supervisors and the final section on looking at the wider systems in which supervision happens.
Table of Contents
Introduction:Hidden in Plain Sight: Journalism's Critical Issues PART 1: Journalism's Histories
Intimately Intertwined in the Most Public Way: Celebrity and Journalism
Race, Ideology and Journalism: Black Power and Television News
The 'Gender Matters' Debate in Journalism: Lessons from the Front
Journalism Ethics: Towards an Orwellian Critique?
News on the Web: The Emerging Forms and Practices of Online Journalism
PART II:Journalism and Democracy
Is There a Democratic Deficit in US and UK Journalism?
Active Citizen or Coach Potato? Journalism and Public Opinion
In Defense of 'Thick' Journalism: Or How Television Journalism Can Be Good For Us
Fourth Estate or Fan Club? Sports Journalism Engages the Popular
McJournalism: The Local Press and the McDonaldization Thesis
The Emerging Chaos of Global News Culture
PART III: Journalism's Realities Journalism Through the Camera's Eye
Mighty Dread: Journalism and Moral Panics
Communication or Spin? Source - Media Relations in Science Journalism
Risk Reporting: Why Can't They Ever Get it Right?
News Talk: Interaction in the Broadcast News Interview
'A Fresh Peach is Easier to Bruise': Children and Traumatic News
PART IV: Journalism and the Politics of Othering
Talking War: How Journalism Responded to the Events of 9/11
Banal Journalism: The Centrality of the 'Us-Them' Binary in News Discourse
Racialised 'Othering': The Representation of Asylum Seekers in the News Media
Women in the Boyzone: Gender, News and Herstory
Gendered News Practices: Examining Experiences of Women Journalists in Different National Contexts
PART V:Journalism and the Public Interest
Subterfuge as Public Service: Investigative Journalism as Idealized Journalism
Opportunity or Threat? The BBC, Investigative Journalism and the Hutton Report
Journalism, Media Conglomerates and the Federal Communications Commission
News in the Global Public Space
Journalism and the War in Iraq
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