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Author Jones, Alex S

Title Losing the news : the future of the news that feeds democracy / Alex S. Jones
Published Oxford ; New York. : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 234 pages)
Series Institutions of American democracy
Institutions of American democracy series.
Contents The iron core -- Media and democracy -- The fragile First Amendment -- Objectivity's last stand -- Media ethics- the painful balance -- The curious story of news -- Newspapers on the brink -- The new news media -- Saving the news
Summary Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media to serious news is fading. Should we lose a critical mass of this news, our democracy will weaken--and possibly even begin to fail. This book is also a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many hopeful signs, and Jones closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved.--From publisher description
Notes "The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States
Journalism -- Economic aspects -- United States
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States
Journalistic ethics -- United States
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Journalism -- Economic aspects
Journalism -- Objectivity
Journalism -- Political aspects
Journalistic ethics
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Annenberg Public Policy Center.
ISBN 9780199720569
0199720568
1282270737
9781282270732