Title: The language of journalism
First published: 2000
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."
Subjects: Language, Newspapers, Journalism, History of specific subjects, Media studies, Press & journalism, Popular Culture - General, Popular Culture, Press And Society, Social Science, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, German, Sociology, Communication, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication, Policy Studies, Journalism, history, Journaux, Langage, Journalisme
LC classification: PN4783 .L37 2000