The Idea of Public Journalism

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-57230-460-4
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: The Guilford Communication Series

This volume offers a critical and constructive examination of the claims of public journalism, the controversial movement aimed at getting the press to promote and indeed improve--not merely report on--the quality of public life. From leading contributors, original essays refine the terms of the debate by situating it within a broad cultural, historical, and philosophical framework. Exploring the movement's promise as well as its problems, the book sheds light on vital issues of political power, freedom of expression, democratic participation, and press responsibility.

Zielgruppe

General, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glasser, Theodore L

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE IDEA OF PUBLIC JOURNALISM
Contents
Foreword: Journalism as a Democratic Art, Cole C. Campbell
Introduction: The Idea of Public Journalism, Theodore L. Glasser
I. The Challenge of Public Journalism
2. The Action of the Idea: Public Journalism in Built Form, Jay Rosen
3. In Defense of Public Journalism, James W. Carey
4. The Common Good as First Principle, Clifford G. Christians
5. Making Readers Into Citizens--The Old Fashioned Way, Thomas C. Leonard
II. The Challenge for Public Journalism
6. Public Journalism and Democratic Theory: Four Challenges, John Durham Peters
7. What Public Journalism Knows about Journalism But Doesn't Know about Public, Michael Schudson
8. Journalism and the Sociology of Public Life, John Pauly
9. Making the Neighborhood Work: The Improbabilities of Public Journalism, Barbie Zelitzer
Appendix A: On Evaluating Public Journalism, Steven H. Chaffee and Michael McDevitt
Appendix B: Reinventing the Press for the Age of Commercial Appeals: A Critical Review of Selected Books and Monographs, Hanno Hardt

Leseproben

Journalism as a Democratic Art, ‘Campbell’. Introduction: The Idea of Public Journalism, ‘Glasser’. I. The Challenge of Public Journalism. The Action of the idea: Public Journalism in Built Form, ‘Rosen’. In Defense of Public Journalism, ‘Carey’. The Common Good as First Principle, ‘Christians’. Making Readers into Citizens-The Old Fashioned Way, ‘Leonard’. The Challenge for Public Journalism. Public Journalism and Democratic Theory: Four Challenges, ‘Peters’. What Public Journalism Knows about Journalism but Doesn't Know about "Public", ‘Schudson’. Journalism and the Sociology of Public Life, ‘Pauly’. Making the Neighborhood Work: The Improbabilities of Public Journalism, ‘Zelizer’. Appendices: A. On Evaluating Public Journalism, ‘Chaffee, McDevitt’ Reinventing the Press for the Age of Commercial Appeals: Writings on and about Public Journalism, ‘Hardt’ C. A Selected and Annotated Bibliography.

This volume offers a critical and constructive examination of the claims of public journalism, the controversial movement aimed at getting the press to promote and indeed improve (not merely report on) the quality of public life. From leading contributors, original essays refine the terms of the debate by situating it within a broad cultural, historical and philosophical framework.
Exploring the movement's promise as well as its problems, ‘The Idea of Public Journalism’ sheds lights on issues of political power, freedom of expression, democratic participation and press responsibility.

Sheds light on issues of political power, freedom of expression, democratic participation and most importantly the responsibility of the press to serve the public.

Über Autor(innen)

Theodore L. Glasser is professor of communication and director of the Graduate Program in Journalism at Stanford University. His work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Critical Studies in Mass Communication, Journal of Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Nieman Reports, The Quill, and The New York Times Book Review. Custodians of Conscience: Investigative Journalism and Public Virtue, written with James Ettema, was published in 1998 by Columbia University Press.

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His previous publications include Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent, coedited with Charles T. Salmon.