num_pages: 240
description: This instructive and entertaining social history of American newspapers shows that the very idea of impartial, objective “news” was the social product of the democratization of political, economic, and social life in the nineteenth century. Professor Schudson analyzes the shifts in reportorial style over the years and explains why the belief among journalists and readers alike that newspapers must be objective still lives on.
language: English
title: Discovering The News: A Social History Of American Newspapers
titlecomplete: Discovering The News: A Social History Of American Newspapers
genres: History, American History, Grad School, Read For School, Academic, Journalism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 147
publisher: Basic Books