The language of journalism
By: Melvin J. Lasky
Publisher: Transaction
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: Newspapers -- Language; Journalism -- Language
Description: "The language of journalism is examined, its spelendors and miseries - including cliches and trivia, sensationalism and prurience, wit and witlessness, fiction and faction, pseudery and jabberwocky, scoops and hoaxes, racism and sexism, profanity and obsenity, virtue and reality, culture and anarchy - and the abuse of slang, style, and the habits of writing good prose."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. 439-465) and index
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Newspaper culture; title: v. 2. Profanity, obscenity and the media