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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393912876

ISBN-139780393912876

eBay Product ID (ePID)108986474

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSociology of News

Publication Year2011

SubjectMedia Studies

TypeTextbook

AuthorMichael Schudson

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2011-012044

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal302.23

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Making News Part I: Journalism Now Chapter One: Defining Journalism Chapter Two: Does News Matter? Chapter Three: Media Bias Chapter Four: Where News Came From: The History of Journalism toWatergate Chapter Five: In Recent Memory: News from Watergate to theWeb Part II: The Components of News-Making Chapter Six: News in the Marketplace Chapter Seven: News Sources Chapter Eight: The Political Culture of News Chapter Nine: The Audience for News Chapter Ten: News as Literature and Narrative Part III: The News and Society Chapter Eleven: Law, Democracy, and News Chapter Twelve: News Revolutions, Digital and Global.

SynopsisThe Sociology of News reviews and synthesizes not only what is happening to journalism but also what is happening to the scholarly understanding of journalism. In the Second Edition, each chapter of the book has been updated to account for the radical changes that have reshaped the news industry over the last decade. With a new chapter on the sharp contraction of the news business in the United States since 2007, The Sociology of News examines journalism as a social institution and analyzes the variety of forces and factors--economic, technological, political, cultural, organizational--that shape the news media today., A personal, trenchant, and comprehensive account of the contemporary news media. The Sociology of News reviews and synthesizes not only what is happening to journalism but also what is happening to the scholarly understanding of journalism. In the Second Edition, each chapter of the book has been updated to account for the radical changes that have reshaped the news industry over the last decade. With a new chapter on the sharp contraction of the news business in the United States since 2007, The Sociology of News examines journalism as a social institution and analyzes the variety of forces and factors-economic, technological, political, cultural, organizational-that shape the news media today.

LC Classification NumberPN4749.S38 2012