Twilight of Press Freedom - The Rise of People's Journalism

This volume provides a critical examination of the trend toward public journalism and considers how press freedom will be impacted by this trend in coming years. For scholars and students in journalism, public opinion, media studies.

List of contents

Contents: E.E. Dennis, Foreword. Preface. Introduction: A New Spirit of Community. The Sunrise of Freedom. Freedom From Freedom. Order Out of Chaos. The Communitarian Alternative. Anticipating Community. Rise of Public Journalism. Talking Public Journalism. Practicing Public Journalism. The Waning of Press Autonomy. Epilogue: A Brief View Into the Future.

About the author

John C. Merrill, Peter J. Gade, Frederick R. Blevens

Summary

This volume provides a critical examination of the trend toward public journalism and considers how press freedom will be impacted by this trend in coming years. For scholars and students in journalism, public opinion, media studies.

Additional text

"For those still struggling with what public journalism is all about, this book offers the context and plenty of fodder for debate about the course of journalism in America....Twilight of the Press should be on a short list of titles necessary for those wanting to understand the idea of journalism."—Journalism History

Product details

• Authors: Frederick R Blevens, Frederick R. Blevens, Peter J Gade, Peter J. Gade, John C Merrill, John C. Merrill, John C. (University of Missouri) Merrill
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780805836639
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3663-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Series: Routledge Communication Series; Routledge Communication Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Kommunikationswissenschaft, 1990 bis 1999 n. Chr., Medien-, Unterhaltungs-, Informations- und Kommunikationsindustrie