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When News Was New
Terhi Rantanen
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Description for When News Was New
Hardback. What makes news new? This book investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers. It reaches beyond traditional journalism studies to track the evolution of the news and survey its wider cultural and historical context. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers.
When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers.
- Tracks the evolution of news through history
- Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters
- Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader
- Offers a new way of understanding news in our history and culture
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405175524
SKU
V9781405175524
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Ref
99-50
About Terhi Rantanen
Terhi Rantanen is Professor and Director of the Master's Proframme in Global Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has published extensively on global news and is the author of six books and more than fifty chapters and articles published in the UK, the USA, Austria, Finland, Russia, Sweden and Taiwan.
Reviews for When News Was New
"A well structured analysis of journalism and what actually entails news, this is both an educational and thought provoking exploration into the purity of news. (M/C Reviews, March 2010) "Terhi Rantanen's When News Was New is much more than a narrative of journalism history. This is an investigation into the very nature of journalism as ... Read more