Taking their political place
Subtitle: journalists and the making of an occupation
By: Patricia L. Dooley.
Series: Contributions to the study of mass media and communications,; no. 52
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Journalism -- United States -- History.; Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States.
Description: Dooley explores the transformation of journalism, examining how journalists established occupational boundaries separating their work from that of politicians. She focuses on how an occupational group that had been inseparable from party politics early in the 19th century grew to be seen by many in society as more distant and independent from parties by the end of the century and became accepted as the citizenry's primary provider of political news and editorial opinion. This study of how journalists established occupational boundaries will be of interest to scholars and researchers of journalism history, political communication, and the sociology of work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-161) and index.