Will The Last Reporter Please Turn Out The Lights

The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvRobert W McChesney,Victor Pickard,Robert W. McChesney,Victor Pickard,Robert W McChesney

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The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere and academic publications. Yet, until now, a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new terrain has been noticeably missing. Celebrated media analysts Robert W. McChesney and Victor Pickard have assembled twelve seminal pieces on the crisis in journalism, revised and updated for this volume. Influential commentators provide a comprehensive portrait.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-05-19
Mått154 x 234 x 27 mm
Vikt552 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor384
FörlagThe New Press
ISBN9781595585486

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Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books on the media, including the award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy, and a co-editor (with Ben Scott) of Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radical Media Criticism (both available from The New Press). He lives in Urbana, Illinois.Victor Pickard is an assistant professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. His research on the politics and history of media has been published widely in anthologies and scholarly journals. He lives in New York City.

"This collection highlights journalism's role as a crucial component of democracy and an institution that needs to be reinvigorated... anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book."Library JournalBold, meditative, engrossing, this is an indispensable guide for followers of modern media.”Booklist[I]nformative and conciseA well-curated collection of essays on the decline of the newspaper industry and the future of journalism.”Kirkus