Journalism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Hargreaves, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192806564 ISBN 13: 9780192806567

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2005

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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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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.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0192806564
• ISBN 13: 9780192806567
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176