News with a view
Subtitle: essays on the eclipse of objectivity in modern journalism
By: edited by Burton St. John III and Kirsten A. Johnson
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786465897
Subjects: Objectivity; Journalism
Description: "This volume offers new examinations of how the traditional notion of objectivity is changing as professional journalists grapple with a rapidly evolving news terrain--one that has become increasingly crowded by those with no journalistic credentials"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: challenges for journalism in a post-objective age / Burton St. John III and Kirsten A. Johnson; title: Historical perspectives. "Gagged, mincing neutrality": Horace Greeley on advocacy journalism in the early years of the penny press / Daxton R. "Chip" Stewart; title: The pride and reward of falisfication: post-objectivity as post-responsibility / Aaron Barlow; title: A new model of objectivity: investigative reporting in the twentieth century / Gerry Lanosga; title: Contemporary examinations, conversational journalism and journalist-audience relations: new rules, new voices / Doreen Marchionni; title: The sociality of news sociology: examining user participation and news selection practices in social media news sites / Sharon Meraz; title: Why contribute? motivations and role conceptions among citizen journalists / Deborah S. Chung and Seungahn Nah; title: Morality, the news media, and the public: an examination; title: Of comment forums on U.S. daily newspaper websites / Serena Carpenter and Robin Blom; title: Global considerations. Post-objectivity and regional Russian journalism / Wilson Lowrey and Elina Erzikova; title: Journalism from the perspective of "we": how group membership shapes the role of the community journalist / John A. Hatcher; title: Engagement as an emerging norm in international news agency work / John Jirik; title: Objectivity and theory. Why objectivity is impossible in networked journalism and what this means for the future of news / David Michael Ryfe; title: Disrespecting the doxa: The daily show critique of CNN's struggle to balance detachment and connectedness / Burton St. John III; title: Gatekeeping in the digital age: a new model for a post-objective world / Kirsten A. Johnson; title: Contemporary news production and consumption: implications for selective exposure, group polarization, and credibility / Ethan Hartsell, Miriam J. Metzger and Andrew Flanagin.