Perhaps no other function of a free press is as important as the watchdog role--its ability to monitor the work of the government. It is easier for politicians to get away with abusing power--wasting public funds and making poor decisions--if the press is not shining its light w…
"Focusing on the period from the 1850s through the 1930s, the contributors show how issues of labor and class have been far more important in the formation of media institutions than previous accounts concede. These essays recover the history of ethnic and cultural diversity-inc…
"With television news anchors becoming daily celebrity guests in our homes and traditional news media turning increasingly to multimedia enhancements, there is a growing need for journalists and public relations practitioners to develop essential presentation skills. This is the…
"With television news anchors becoming daily celebrity guests in our homes and traditional news media turning increasingly to multimedia enhancements, there is a growing need for journalists and public relations practitioners to develop essential presentation skills. This is the…
This collection was assembled in response to the interest in understanding media power using the concept of framing. It covers theoretical and methological perspectives, specific cases and empirical efforts by framing analysis and looks at framing in new subject areas and the fu…
"How do journalists around the world view their own function and role in society? Based on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 25,000 journalists in 66 countries between 2012 and 2015, Worlds of Journalism examines the different ways journalists conceive of t…
