Journalism: A Critical History

Author:   Martin Conboy
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
ISBN:  

9780761940999


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 May 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Journalism: A Critical History provides a history of the development of newspapers, periodicals and broadcast journalism which: enables readers to engage critically with contemporary issues within the news media; outlines the connections, as well as the distinctions, across historical periods; spans the introduction of printed news to the arrival of the 'new' news media; demonstrates how journalism has always been informed by a cultural practices broader and more dynamic than the simple provision of news; By situating journalism in its historical context, this book enables students to more fully understand the wide range of practices which constitute contemporary journalism. As such it will be an essential text for students of journalism and the media. Journalism is an up to date, comprehensive and accessible account of the history of journalism.

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Author:   Martin Conboy
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9780761940999


ISBN 10:   0761940995
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 May 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Journalism History and Discourse The Consequences of Printed News Journalism as Miscellany Newsbooks and Mercuries Periodicals and the Formation of the Bourgeois Public Sphere Profit, Politics and the Public Radical Journalism Its Rise and Incorporation The Discourse of the Fourth Estate Women′s Journalism from Magazines to Mainstream Popular and Consumer Periodicals From New Journalism to the Web Broadcast Technologies and Journalism

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Martin Conboy is a Reader in the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield. He co-edits the book series Journalism Studies: Key Texts for SAGE.

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