American journalism
Subtitle: history, principles, practices
By: edited by W. David Sloan and Lisa Mullikin Parcell.
Contributors: Sloan, W. David 1947-; Parcell, Lisa Mullikin.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Journalism -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The purposes of journalism; title: 2. Politics and partisanship; title: 3. The press and government; title: 4. Concepts of news; title: 5. Ethics; title: 6. Press criticism; title: 7. Characteristics of journalists; title: 8. Training and education of journalists; title: 9. Women in journalism; title: 10. Publishers; title: 11. Economics, business, and financial motivations; title: 12. Mergers, chains, monopoly, and competition; title: 13. Freedom of the press; title: 14. Press rights and laws; title: 15. News gathering; title: 16. Cooperative news gathering; title: 17. Coverage of washington; title: 18. The press and U.S. presidents; title: 19. Coverage of political campaigns; title: 20. Coverage of crime; title: 21. Coverage of sports; title: 22. Investigative journalism; title: 23. Reform journalism, exposés, and crusading; title: 24. The press and war; title: 25. War coverage; title: 26. Foreign correspondence; title: 27. Objectivity; title: 28. Sensationalism and tabloidism; title: 29. Radio journalism; title: 30. Television news; title: 31. News writing structure and style; title: 32. Editorial writing; title: 33. Newspaper design; title: 34. Newspaper illustrations; title: 35. Photojournalism; title: 36. Cartoons, comics, and caricature; title: 37. Technologies of news gathering and transmission; title: 38. Printing technologies.