| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) |
| Series |
Journalism and political communication unbound |
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Journalism and political communication unbound.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Decentering Journalism in the Contemporary Media Culture -- Where We Are: The Media and Political Context -- The Trump Campaign: Outsized Coverage from the Press, Outsized Attacks on the Press -- The Trump Presidency: Four Years of Battling and Belittling the Press -- The Press Fights Back: Reclaiming a Story of Relevance for the Press -- Journalistic Moralities: Confronting Trump's Lies and Racism -- Conclusion: What Relavent Journalism Looks Like: Developing a Moral Voice |
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Conclusion: What Relevant Journalism Looks Like: Developing a Moral Voice -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Donald Trump's rapid - and seemingly improbable - ascension from reality show star to polarizing president threw into question many assumptions about how our media and political worlds work. His habit of lying, history of racist statements, and disdain for conventions upended traditional journalist-elite relations. Taking an expansive view of the contemporary media and political environment during the Trump years, News After Trump portrays a media culture in transition. As journalism's very relevance comes to be increasingly questioned, we focus on how different actors - from Trump to small-town newspaper editors - use their cultural power to define journalism, assess its value, and question what the news should look like. The chapters chronicle how Trump and his allies turned attacks on journalists into a central component of a rightwing populist formula, with journalists positioned as just one more self-interested, out-of-touch elite. Over time, this anti-press rhetoric escalated, with Trump regularly debasing journalists as the enemy of the people. While journalists responded by falling back on cherished norms of objectivity and neutrality to trumpet their democratic role, many among their ranks questioned whether past commitments still had value in a changed media culture and if their reporting practices did more harm than good. To move forward, News After Trump does not advocate for a nostalgic return to the past, but instead argues for a journalism that is more assertive in speaking in a moral voice on behalf of communities, more comfortable in rendering judgments, and more self-aware of its shortcomings"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed June 10, 2022) |
| Subject |
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Trump, Donald, 1946- fast |
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Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Journalism -- Political aspects
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Political culture
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Press and politics
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robinson, Sue (Professor of journalism), author.
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Lewis, Seth C., author.
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| LC no. |
2021031105 |
| ISBN |
9780197550373 |
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0197550371 |
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0197550363 |
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9780197550380 |
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019755038X |
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9780197550366 |
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