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Author Hackett, Robert A.

Title Sustaining democracy? : journalism and the politics of objectivity / Robert A. Hackett and Yuezhi Zhao
Published Toronto : Garamond Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description ix, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Series Culture and communication in Canada series
Culture and communication in Canada series.
Contents Democratic discourse and the origins of news objectivity (with Satu Repo) -- From positivism to negative news: the evolution of objectivity -- Institutional logics: why it still pays to be objective -- The God who won't die: news objectivity as a regime -- Epistemologies in contention: journalistic objectivity as (un)workable philosophy (with Nick Dyer-Witheford) -- The politics of objective journalism -- Regimes in crisis: liberal democracy and objective journalism in question -- Straws in the wind: alternaties to the regime? -- Conclusion: towards public communication for sustainable democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-269) and index
Subject Journalism -- Objectivity.
Journalism -- Political aspects.
Author Zhao, Yuezhi, 1965-
LC no. 98128071
ISBN 1551930137