Media Madness - The Corruption of Our Political Culture

Informationen zum Autor James Bowman has written for the Wall Street Journal! The Washington Post! The New Criterion and other publications. He was the American editor of the Times Literary Supplement and is currently a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Institute. Klappentext Writing with acerbic wit! Bowman shows how the mainstream media's embrace of a spurious notion of objectivity! combined with its addiction to scandal! and an unshakable conviction of its own moral superiority have done irreparable damage to the media's public authority. Zusammenfassung Presents an anatomy of the mainstream media self-generated demise. This book looks behind the headlines to examine media's governing myths. It shows how the media's embrace of a spurious notion of objectivity, combined with its addiction to scandal, and a conviction of its own moral superiority have done damage to the media's public authority.

Product details

• Authors: James Bowman
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2008
• EAN: 9781594032127
• ISBN: 978-1-59403-212-7
• No. of pages: 133
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Brief Encounters
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries