1st Edition
The Big Picture Why Democracies Need Journalistic Excellence
By Jeffrey Scheuer
Copyright 2008
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democracy. But, as countless recent examples of lapsed standards in the press since the Jayson Blair affair have shown, the First Amendment is no guarantee that American journalism will be first-rate.
A press in crisis is a democracy endangered, argues Jeffrey Scheuer--cultural critic and author of The Sound Bite Society . In his new book, The... Read more
Introduction: The Big Picture 1. The Bed of Democracy 2. News and Democracy 3. The Shape of Journalistic Excellence 4. Truth is Tricky 5. News and Knowledge 6: News and Ideology 7. Ink and Ivy: The Curious Case of Journalism Education 8. Clean News: Journalistic Excellence and Independence
Biography
Jeffrey Scheuer is a freelance writer who writes about media and politics. He is author of The Sound Bite Society: How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left. His criticism and commentary has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and Dissent. He lives in New York City.
'This book is provacative, stimulating and worth putting on the book list of media studies, those presently and in the future to be part of the profession, and ourselves as citizens in a democracy.' - Chartist
