Losing the News : the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy /
Jones, Alex S.
Losing the News : the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy / Alex S. Jones. - First paperback edition - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xix, 234 p. ; 22 cm. - Institutions of American democracy . - Institutions of American democracy series. .
Subtitle on cover: The future of the news that feeds democracy "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." Includes index.
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
The author, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist 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, he 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 he closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved.--From publisher description
9780195181234 (pbk.) : 9780199754144 (pbk.) :
Journalism--Political aspects--United States.
Journalism--Economic aspects--United States
Journalism--Objectivity--United States.
Journalistic ethics--United States.
PN4888.P6 / J66 2010 PN4888.P6 / J66 2010
071.3 / JON
Losing the News : the uncertain future of the news that feeds democracy / Alex S. Jones. - First paperback edition - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xix, 234 p. ; 22 cm. - Institutions of American democracy . - Institutions of American democracy series. .
Subtitle on cover: The future of the news that feeds democracy "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." Includes index.
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
The author, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist 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, he 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 he closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved.--From publisher description
9780195181234 (pbk.) : 9780199754144 (pbk.) :
Journalism--Political aspects--United States.
Journalism--Economic aspects--United States
Journalism--Objectivity--United States.
Journalistic ethics--United States.
PN4888.P6 / J66 2010 PN4888.P6 / J66 2010
071.3 / JON