| Reviews |
| - 'Hargreaves has written a timely and disturbing account of journalism in peril.' - Martin Bell, The Times
- 'Ian Hargreaves is a distinguished journalist and academic with a fine track record of editorial integrity and incisive thought.' - Chris Cramer, Director of News, CNN
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| Description | | - A lively and provocative book, which deals with contentious issues in contemporary journalism, such as intrusion, lack of accountability, obscenity, trivialization, rumour-mongering, and libel.
- The first book to try to make sense of what journalism is becoming in the age of media saturation and hyperbole, from reportage on warfare to the cult of celebrity
- Offers a truly international perspective--US, Canada, UK, Russia, France, Australia, Sweden and Germany all feature.
- Examines the ethical responsibility of the contemporary journalist to respond to the demands of civil society, as opposed to the demands of the state
| Almost everyone reads the newspaper, browses the Internet, listens to the radio or watches TV. Journalism has an indelible effect on our worldview--from the fight against global terrorism to the American presidential elections, celebrity scandal to the latest environmental coups. Hargreaves uses his unique position within the media to examine how we get this information and the many
practical, political and professional decisions that the journalist has to make, as part of the process of delivering that information to us.
Is journalism the 'first draft of history' or a dumbing-down of our culture and a glorification of the trivial and intrusive? In this intriguing book Ian Hargreaves argues that the core principles of 'freedom of the press' and the necessity of exposing
the truth are as vital today as they ever were. |
Readership: General readers interested in the current state of the media; journalists; students of journalism and media studies.
| Contents |
1.
Children of the Revolution: journalism and the market
2.
Journalism and the idea of press freedom
3.
The Pen and the Sword: journalism and the state
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There's no business like show business: journalism as entertainment
5.
Who owns journalists?
6.
Journalism and public relations
7.
A cookie laced with arsenic: journalism and ethics
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Ian Hargreaves, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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