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Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
McChesney, Robert W.; Pickard, Victor
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Description for Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere and academic publications. Yet, until now, a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new terrain has been noticeably missing. Celebrated media analysts Robert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard have assembled twelve seminal pieces on the crisis in journalism, revised and updated for this volume. Influential commentators provide a comprehensive portrait.
The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere and academic publications. Yet, until now, a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new terrain has been noticeably missing. Celebrated media analysts Robert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard have assembled twelve seminal pieces on the crisis in journalism, revised and updated for this volume. Influential commentators provide a comprehensive portrait.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595585486
SKU
V9781595585486
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99-15
About McChesney, Robert W.; Pickard, Victor
Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books on the media, including the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy, and a co-editor (with Ben Scott) of Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radical Media Criticism (both available from The New Press). He ... Read more
Reviews for Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
"This collection highlights journalism's role as a crucial component of democracy and an institution that needs to be reinvigorated... anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." Library Journal Bold, meditative, engrossing, this is an indispensable guide for followers of modern media.” Booklist [I]nformative and concise
A well-curated collection of essays on ... Read more