Journalism Today - A Themed History

Journalism Today: A Themed History provides a cultural approach to journalism's history through the exploration of overarching concepts, as opposed to a typical chronological overview. Rich with illuminating stories and biographies of key figures, it sheds new light on the relationship between the press and society and how each has shaped the other.

• Thematic study of the history of journalism, examining the role of journalism in democracy, the influence of new technology, the challenge of balancing ethical values, and the role of the audience
• Charts the influence of the historical press for today’s news in print, broadcast, and new media
• Situates journalism in a rich cultural context with lively examples and case studies that bring the subject alive for contemporary readers
• Provides a comparative analysis of American, British, and international journalism
• Helpful feature boxes on important figures and case studies enhance student understanding of the development of journalism and news as we know it today, providing a convenient springboard for follow-up work.

Jane L. Chapman is Professor of Communications at University of Lincoln School of Journalism and visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and University College Dublin School of History. Her books include Issues in Contemporary Documentary (2009); Broadcast Journalism: a Critical Introduction (with Marie Kinsey, 2008); Documentary in Practice (2007) and the best-selling Comparative Media History (2005). Her research interests include press history and the media's relationship to women and indigenous minorities.

Nick Nuttall is senior lecturer and MA program leader at the University of Lincoln School of Journalism. He worked for many years in East Africa, the Middle East and Cyprus, writing on travel and communication issues. He has authored a chapter on Truman Capote and New Journalism for The Journalistic Imagination (2007) as well as a chapter on investigative journalism for the latest edition of The Newspapers Handbook (2006). His research interests include New Journalism, press history, and the gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson.

Preface: How To Use the Book and Summary of Sections

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of History:Why Bother With It ?

Part I: Journalism and Democracy: A Sibling Rivalry?

1. A Right To Know

Resume: Walter Lippmann

Resumes: The Founding Fathers

FactFile: The Development of Rights and Liberties

2. The Road Not Taken

Resume: Tom Paine

FactFile: Anthony Haswell and Freedom of the Press

Resume: Edward Smith Hall - An Australian Pioneer

FactFile: Habermas and the Changing Public Sphere

FactFile: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

3. Digging the Dirt

Resume: Lincoln Steffens

Resume: S. S. McClure

Resume: John Dewey

Resume: Henry Luce

4. Spinning a Good Yarn and Developing Community

Factfile: The Pseudo-Event

Resume: Ivy Lee

Resume: Edward Bernays

Factfile: Neoliberalism's Threat to Community

Part II: Technology, Work, and Business: Is Journalism More Than Just a Job?

5. Changing Roles in a Changing World

FactFile: The Cold Type Revolution

Resume: Lord Beaverbrook

Resume: Charles Dana

Resume: William Cobbett

Resume: John Stuart Mill

6. A New Journalism For A New Age

Resume: Joseph Pulitzer

Resume: Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe

Resume: E. L. Godkin

FactFile: Appeal to Reason

FactFile: Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil

7. He Who Pays The Piper

FactFile: Advertising, Class, and the Daily Herald

FactFile: Forza Italia

FactFile: The Broadcast Reform Movement, 1928-35

FactFile: Edward R Murrow and See It Now

8. A Power Worth Fighting For

FactFile: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation

FactFile: Cable News Network and the "CNN Effect"

Part III: Ethics: A Matter of Judgment? 173

9. Private and Confidential

FactFile: Privacy Codes in the United States

FactFile: Privacy Codes in Great Britain

10. Fakes, Rakes, and "On The Take"

FactFile: Faking It

Part IV: Audience: Citizen Consumer or Consumer Citizen?

11. Finding an Audience

FactFile: News Values

FactFile: Joe and Jolene Sixpack

Resume: George Newnes

Resume: C. P. Scott and the Manchester Guardian

12. How Audiences Rewrote the Script

FactFile: La Fronde

FactFile: Le Petit Journal

FactFile: Audience Reaction to W. T. Stead's

"Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon"

13. Watching and Listening

FactFile: Leo Lowenthal and Celebrity "Idols"

FactFile: Measuring the Audience

Resume: Marshall McLuhan

Part V: Conclusion: A Future History

14. Paper Tigers?

Resume: Paul Julius Reuter

FactFile: The "Net Benefit to Canada" Test

Index