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Journalism is the branch of mass communications that provides people with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about issues affecting their personal and public lives. By defining what journalism is, this book provides the answers to many current questions and debates about the current state of the mass media: What is news

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A well-researched, qualitative analysis of how the US mass media covered typhoid fever, diptheria, and syphilis from 1870 to 1920.

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This study paints a disturbing picture of the inadequate coverage ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News provide to millions of viewers each night. Aubin concludes that network coverage of defense issues was too often tainted by preconceived attitudes and lapses in journalistic standards.

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They are also a part of the political climate that sets the agenda for politicians, and helps them discern which are the hot-button issues and which side people are on.

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Offers a fifty-year history of Victoria's country newspapers, beginning with James Harrison's ""Geelong Advertiser"" in 1840 and ending in December 1890 when 166 papers were being published in 122 country towns. This book identifies various press sites and newspapers of the era, whether long-lasting or short-lived.

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'Incredibly comprehensive. Learn and understand this lot and you will have a fine grasp' Jon Snow
Essential Radio Journalism contains practical `on-the-job' advice for gathering, reporting, writing, editing and presenting, the news, alongside media law and ethics.

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Ethical Journalism in a Populist Age weaves examples from journalism to demonstrate the role of fact-checking and responding to the pressure of patriotism in the coverage of global issues. Ward suggests that journalism needs a new path: democratically engaged journalism which will break free of current ethical practices in the worlds media.

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Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies explains how to identify deceptive information and seek out the most trustworthy information to inform decision making in your personal, academic, professional, and civic lives. Barclay takes an objective, non-partisan approach to the topic of sorting deceptive information from trustworthy information.

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This book examines the way foreign aid has shaped journalism in the Global South and argues that it played a central role in defining the core values of news reporting in these countries, which in turn had their own ways of communicating news. These attempts were met with resistance, which at the end created the South's own journalism grammars.

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Freedom's Journal is a comprehensive study of the first African-American newspaper, which was founded in the first half of the 19th Century. The book investigates all aspects of publication as well as using the source material to extract information about African-American life at that time.

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This volume addresses the question of how the first United States foreign correspondents came to shape an American common sense about the rest of the world. The book also establishes the early history of the content of foreign news and editorials in American newspapers.

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The second edition of this current and comprehensive overview of global media includes a new chapter on misinformation, propaganda, and AI; new country-specific case studies; and feature sections on media in Russia and China. Authors from 22 countries offer a foundation for todays journalism students learning about the impact of global journalism.

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The second edition of this current and comprehensive overview of global media includes a new chapter on misinformation, propaganda, and AI; new country-specific case studies; and feature sections on media in Russia and China. Authors from 22 countries offer a foundation for todays journalism students learning about the impact of global journalism.

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A timely portrait of international perceptions and media coverage of the United States, this collection reveals the global effects of the tumultuous environments and controversial views of Donald Trumps presidency. Over thirty scholars, including Noam Chomsky, present research on 20 countries.

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This work is an examination of civil rights coverage and white supremacist rhetoric in the Mississippi daily press during key events such as: the 1948 Dixiecrat protest of the national Democratic platform, and the court-ordered desegregation of Ole Miss in 1962.

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This book provides a listing of nearly 7,000 Southern non-newspaper periodicals that started publication from 1764 to 1984.

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On the basis of a mere handful of issues, The Dolphin and The Fleuron established an international reputation among professionals, scholars, and booklovers with an interest in fine bookmaking and the history of printing, illustration, and typography.

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