| Description |
269 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: News as Public Knowledge -- 1. Three Hundred Years of the American Newspaper -- 2. The Politics of Narrative Form -- 3. Question Authority: A History of the News Interview -- 4. What Is a Reporter? -- 5. Trout or Hamburger: Politics and Telemythology -- 6. The Illusion of Ronald Reagan's Popularity / Michael Schudson and Elliot King -- 7. Watergate and the Press -- 8. National News Culture and the Informational Citizen -- 9. Was There Ever a Public Sphere? -- 10. The News Media and the Democratic Process |
| Summary |
Some say it's simply information, mirroring the world. Others believe it's propaganda, promoting a partisan view. But news, Michael Schudson tells us, is really both and neither; it is a form of culture, complete with its own literary and social conventions and powerful in ways far more subtle and complex than its many critics might suspect. A penetrating look into this culture, The Power of News offers a compelling view of the news media's emergence as a central institution of modern society, a key repository of common knowledge and cultural authority |
| Notes |
A collection of the author's essays and research articles previously published between 1982 and the present; the extensive introductory chapter is published here for the first time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-256) and index |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting of news -- United States.
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American newspapers.
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Reporters and reporting -- United States.
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| LC no. |
94036194 |
| ISBN |
0674695860 acid-free paper |
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0674695879 paperback |
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