The news media: a journalist looks at his profession.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1968]Description: xiii, 320 pages 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: News media.LOC classification:
  • PN4867 .H63
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Growth of the media: problem and promise. The limits of power ; A question of purpose ; Interlocking media ; New times for newspapers ; Magazines and the news ; Trends in television -- Of manners and morals: truth or consequences. The meaning of the news ; The credibility gap ; War, truth, and Vietnam ; Coverage by the herd ; Junket journalism ; Underdeveloped journalism ; The American cultural revolution ; The ills of photo journalism -- The shaping of public opinion: the endless struggle. Polls and pollsters ; Free press and fair trial ; Right to know vs. need to know ; Many voices, many media ; The basis of public service ; The future of the journalist.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection PN4867 .H63 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 90876-1001

Bibliographical references included in "Notes and comment" (p. 307-320).

Growth of the media: problem and promise. The limits of power ; A question of purpose ; Interlocking media ; New times for newspapers ; Magazines and the news ; Trends in television -- Of manners and morals: truth or consequences. The meaning of the news ; The credibility gap ; War, truth, and Vietnam ; Coverage by the herd ; Junket journalism ; Underdeveloped journalism ; The American cultural revolution ; The ills of photo journalism -- The shaping of public opinion: the endless struggle. Polls and pollsters ; Free press and fair trial ; Right to know vs. need to know ; Many voices, many media ; The basis of public service ; The future of the journalist.

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