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Overview"Did the ""Washington Post"" bring down Richard Nixon by reporting on the Watergate scandal? Did a cryptic remark by Walter Cronkite effectively end the Vietnam War? Did William Randolph Hearst vow to 'furnish the war' in the 1898 conflict with Spain? In ""Getting It Wrong"", W. Joseph Campbell addresses and dismantles these and other prominent media-driven myths - stories about or by the news media that are widely believed but which, on close examination, prove apocryphal. In a fascinating exploration of these and other cases - including the supposedly outstanding coverage of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina - Campbell describes how myths like these can feed stereotypes, deflect blame from policymakers, and overstate the power and influence of the news media." Full Product DetailsAuthor: W. Joseph CampbellPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.463kg ISBN: 9780520255661ISBN 10: 0520255666 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 12 July 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThe value of these studies is ... in the detailed and illuminating research Campbell has applied to each. --Columbia Journalism Review Author InformationW. Joseph Campbell is Professor in the School of Communication at American University. He is the author of four other books, including Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies and The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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