Journalism Books

Book SynopsisEssays on music, art, pop culture, literature, and politics by the renowned essayist and observer of contemporary life, now collected together for the first time. The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick is a companion collection to The Collected Essays, a book that proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary critics, and an extraordinary stylist in her own right. The thirty-five pieces that Alex Andriesse has gathered here—none previously featured in volumes of Hardwick’s work—make it clear that her powers extended far beyond literary criticism, encompassing a vast range of subjects, from New York City to Faye Dunaway, from Wagner’s Parsifal to Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions, and from the pleasures of summertime to grits soufflé. In these often surprising, always well-wrought essays, we see Hardwick’s passion for people and places, her politics, her thoughts on feminism, and her ability, especially from the 1970s on, to write well about seemingly anything.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the prominent place a commitment to social justice and equity has occupied in the global history of literary journalism. With international case studies, it explores and theorizes the way literary journalists have addressed inequality and its consequences in their practice. In the process, this volume focuses on the critical attitude the writers of this genre bring to their stories, the immersive reporting they use to gain detailed and intimate knowledge of their subjects, and the array of innovative rhetorical strategies through which they represent those encounters. The contributors explain how these strategies encourage readers to respond to injustices of class, race, indigeneity, gender, mobility, and access to knowledge. Together, they make the case that, throughout its history, literary journalism has proven uniquely well adapted to fusing facts with feeling in a way which makes it a compelling force for social change.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction (Robert Alexander & Willa McDonald).- 1 - Historical Beginnings: Literary Journalism, Witnessing and Epistemic Justice.- Chapter 2 - The Reporter as Medium: The Theorization of Self-reflection as a Function in Social Reportage (Pascal Sigg, PhD student at University of Zurich).- Chapter 3 - Literary Journalism and Social Justice in the US Antebellum Period (Nancy Roberts, Professor at University at Albany-SUNY).- 2 - Literary Journalist as Social Justice Activist.- Chapter 4 - Down But Not Out: Orwell's 'Spike' and Journalism as a Way of Living (Richard Keeble, Professor at University of Lincoln).- Chapter 5 - Rodolfo Walsh: The Quest for Social Justice Beyond Law(lessness) (Pablo Calvi, Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University School of Journalism).- Chapter 6 - "The Personal Bleeds into the Political": The Literary Journalism of India's Dalit Protest Movement (David O. Dowling, Associate Professor at University of Iowa).- 3 - Migration, Displacement and Carceral Justice.- Chapter 7 - Literary Journalism as a Vehicle for Mobility Justice: The Case of Every Day We Live is the Future (2017) (Rob Alexander).- Chapter 8 - The Global Language of Contemporary Literary Journalism: Transatlantic Views of Social (In)Justice in the Works of Gabriel Thompson and Rui Simões (Isabel Soares, Associate Professor; Rita Amorim, Assistant Professor; Raquel Baltazar, Assistant Professor, all Universidade de Lisboa).- Chapter 9 - Social Justice and Literary Journalism in Behrouz Boochani's No Friend but the Mountains (Willa McDonald).- Chapter 10 - The Literary Journalism of the Prison Press (Kate McQueen, University of California Santa Cruz).- 4 - Race, Gender and the Witnessing of Trauma: Testimonial and Deliberative Justice.- Chapter 11 - Matter of Access: The Role of Black Journalists in Covering Emmett Till (Roberta S. Maguire, Professor at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh).- Chapter 12 - Phronetic Journalism: Ethics Empathy and Change in Melissa Davey's 'I feel mutilated' (Jennnifer Martin, Lecturer at Deakin University).- Chapter 13 - Standpoint Theory and Trauma: Giving Voice to the Voiceless (Sue Joseph, Senior Lecturer at University of Technology Sydney).- 5 - Environmental, Ecological and Indigenous Justice.- Chapter 14 - Joan Baxter's The Mill: Bearing Witness to Environmental and Epistemic Justice (Callie Long, PhD candidate at Brock University).- Chapter 15 - Rights to Territory, Identity and Environmental Challenges in Latin American Literary Journalism (Dolors Paula-Sampio, Senior Lecturer at University of Valencia).- Chapter 16 - From Silent Spring to Standing Rock: Environmental Justice, New Media and Oral Traditions (Ryan Marnane, Lecturer at Bryant University).- 6 - Literary Journalism Form and Social Justice.- Chapter 17 - Literary Reportage of an Empathetic Eyewitness and an Activist Rebel: Boštjan Videmšek and his Dispatches from the Frontlines of Humanity (Leonora Flis, Associate Prfoessor at University of Nova Gorica and University of Ljubljana).- Chapter 18 - American Literary Journalism as Liberatory Pracix: Experimentalism and Social Justice (William Dow, Professor at The American University of Paris).- 7 - Teaching Literary Journalism as a Tool for Social Change.- Chapter 19 - Stories, Students and Social Justice: Literary Journalism as a Teaching Tool for Change (Jeffrey Neely, Associate Professor at the University of Tampa; Mitzi Lewis, Associate Professor at MSU Texas).

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Book SynopsisThis edited book examines key challenges in the digital era and their implications for journalism practice and public debate in emerging media markets. It specifically focuses on evidence from selected Southern and Eastern European countries as they represent cases where media markets face bigger technical and organizational challenges, but still share some similarities with their counterparts in central, western, and northern Europe.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Challenges in the Digital Era: Journalism and Digital Content in Emerging Media MarketsChapter 2: The Case of a Facebook Content Moderation Debacle in GreeceChapter 3: Algorithms and Audience Monitoring in Newsrooms: Search Engine Optimisation in Editorial Processes of Mainstream Media in TurkeyChapter 4: The Influence of Social Media on Greek News Journalism: A Case Study of the Use of Twitter by Greek News JournalistsChapter 5: Platformization, Facebook and Content Consumption: A Hungarian Case StudyChapter 6: From Citizen Journalism to Journalism for Citizens: Impactful Social JournalismChapter 7: Debating Populism in the Bulgarian Media EcosystemChapter 8: Digital Journalism and the Hunt for Clicks in the Age of Fake NewsChapter 9: Digital Media Experiences in Greece: Sacrificing Journalists for the Sake of ProfitChapter 10: Digital Journalism in Emerging Media Markets: Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisThis book is a pan-India study that examines social media’s impact on Indian journalism, highlights emerging challenges, and discusses the way forward for India’s newsrooms. A result of three years of field work, the project uses mixed-methods research – a survey of nearly 300 journalists from 15 Indian cities, followed by in-depth interviews with 25 senior editors – to analyze and explain journalists’ perceptions about social media’s usefulness and credibility, factors that influence their online news sourcing and sharing decisions, resultant challenges for newsrooms, and ways to address those challenges. The findings offer unique insights into how newer forces are influencing journalistic practices in an online-first era. Key differences emerge in perceptions between Indian journalists and their Western compatriots about who or what influence their actions. The findings also raise questions about Gatekeeping as a term to describe journalistic work in 21st Century India's newsrooms. The findings and the conclusions will hopefully help journalists, educators, and anyone interested in Indian journalism gain a deeper, more meaningful understanding about social media’s impact on Indian journalism, and the way ahead for India’s newsrooms. Table of Contents1.Introduction.- 2.Journalism in an online-first era.- 3.Gates & influences: Theoretical framework.- 4.Building blocks: framework and methodology.- 5.Perceptions & influences: findings from the survey.- 6.Social media’s impact on Indian journalism: Editors speak.- 7.Emerging challenges & the way ahead.- 8.Implications.

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Book SynopsisThis book finds that Al-Jazeera’s coverage of Bahrain and Syria has conformed with Qatar’s foreign policy, throughout the last decade (2011-2021). Al-Jazeera Arabic adopted Qatar’s “double standards” policy in both countries in the beginning of the Arab Spring, framing Bahrain’s protests as a “sectarian movement,” while depicting the Syrian armed conflict as a legitimate “revolution” (2011-2013). The book observes that when ties between Qatar and Bahrain worsened during the 2017 Gulf crisis, Al-Jazeera Arabic has shifted its coverage from being “pro-Bahraini regime” to “pro-protesters,” focusing on violations and giving voice to activists (2014-2021). The book concludes that the lack of “Peace Journalism” framing in Al-Jazeera’s coverage of Bahrain’s uprising and Syria’s chemical weapons attacks has represented “claims” as “facts,” and justified military action against Syria. It also reveals distinctive differences between Al-Jazeera Arabic and English, with the former lacking “objective reporting standards,” and using more sectarian language than the latter.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Why “Peace Journalism” and Why Al-Jazeera’s Coverage of Bahrain and Syria?.- Chapter 2. Al-Jazeera’s Relationship with Qatar Before, During and After the Arab Spring (1996–2021).- Chapter 3. Peace Journalism Model: Characteristics, Misconceptions and Challenges.- Chapter 4. Theoretical Framework and Research Questions.- Chapter 5. Bahrain’s Uprising: Pro-democracy Protests or Sectarian Movement?.- Chapter 6. Syria’s CWs Coverage (2013): Peace Deal or Military Action to “Punish” the Perpetrator?.- Chapter 7. Al-Jazeera’s (2011–2013) “Double Standards” Coverage of the Bahraini and Syrian Conflicts.- Chapter 8. Gulf Crisis (2014–2021): Al-Jazeera’s Dramatic Shift from Pro- to Anti-Bahraini Regime.- Chapter 9. Conclusion./

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection seeks to better understand how journalism across cultures differs, presenting an in-depth exploration of global practices that departs from the typical Western-centric approach. Journalists across the world are trained, generally speaking, within Western models of reporting and are taught to do so as a practice where reporters need to aspire and aim for. Yet what such training is short of achieving is teaching reporters how to 'do' journalism within their own environments. In turn, what is required is a method of journalistic training and practice that is reflective of the actual practice reporters encounter on the ground. In order to do so, a better understanding of how journalism is practised in different parts of the world, the context surrounding such practices, the issues and challenges associated, and the positive practices that Western journalism can offer, is necessary. Promoting and deploying a culturally-specific and politically-relevant journalism, this book provides just that. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Understanding Journalism within Non-Western Context. Saba Bebawi and Oxana Onilov.- Chapter 2.​ Harnessing Data and Digital Journalism in Latin America: Intersections of journalism, data and technology. Ramon Salaverria and Mathias Felipe de-Lima-Santos.- Chapter 3. “Burmese Days” of Digitalization: From a Decade’s Dream of Myanmar’s Modern Journalistic Culture and Media System in the Making to a Press Freedom’s Nightmare of the Military Putsch in 2021.- Chapter 4: Recovered Media in Argentina: A Resilient Response to Instability and Precariousness .- Chapter 5. Uncovering the Power of Whistleblowing as a New Form of Citizen Journalism in Non-democratic Countries.- Chapter 6. India: Mapping Journalism in the World’s Largest Democracy.- Chapter 7. Social Media, Television News and Protest Participation: A Post-Soviet Media Culture.- Chapter 8. Investigative Journalism Is Global.- Chapter 9. Confessions of Two Well-Meaning ‘Mzungu’ Journalism Trainers.- Chapter 10:Understanding Different Journalisms.-

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Book SynopsisTV-Duelle sind ein fester Bestandteil und zugleich das wichtigste Einzelereignis in modernen Wahlkämpfen. Sie werden von Millionen von Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauern gesehen und umfassend in Massenmedien, aber zunehmend auch in den neuen Medien begleitet. Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen Überblick über Geschichte, Nutzung, Inhalte und Wirkungen von TV-Duellen. Im Fokus stehen dabei vor allem TV-Duelle in Deutschland. Der InhaltTV-Duelle in modernen Wahlkämpfen • Debattenforschung, aber wie? • Geschichte, Verbreitung und Varianten von TV-Duellen • Debatteninhalte und Debattenstrategien • Nutzung von TV-Duellen: Umfang, Rezipientenmerkmale und -motive • Wahrnehmung von TV-Duellen und Wahrnehmung des Debattensiegers • Wirkung von TV-Duellen • Kommunikation über TV-Duelle • Was gibt es nach 60 Jahren Debattenforschung noch zu untersuchen?Die AutorenProf. Dr. Jürgen Maier ist Professor für Politische Kommunikation an der Universität Koblenz-Landau. Seine aktuellen Arbeitsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Politische Kommunikation, Wahlen und politische Einstellungen sowie Einsatz experimenteller Designs bei der Untersuchung sozialwissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen.Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas leitet die Arbeitsstelle "Politische Soziologie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" am Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft an der Freien Universität Berlin. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte liegen im Bereich von Wahlen, Wahlkämpfen und Wahlstudien.Trade Review“... Insgesamt liegt indes mit diesem Kompendium eine gründliche, sorgfältige Aufarbeitung der einschlägigen Debatten-Forschung vor, auf die sich zurückgreifen lässt, wenn man sich rasch umfassend informieren will, aber auch wenn auf dieser Erkenntnis- und Befunde-Basis weitere Forschungen angestellt werden sollen, die sich mit besagten umfangreicheren Perspektiven befassen und sie in größere theoretische wie empirische Kontexte einfügen wollen.” (Hans-Dieter Kübler, in: MEDIENwissenschaft, Heft 4, 2020)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisA Tactical Guide to Science Journalism brings together award-winning journalists from around the world to share fascinating tales of science and how it works and to provide guidance into reporting specialties like infectious disease, climate change, astronomy, public health, physics, and statistics. From practical advice on finding sources and distilling complex research subjects for a general audience, to tips on how to cover science in authoritarian regimes, the book serves as an essential survey of the best in science reporting today--and a testament to the importance of independent journalistic inquiry in understanding research and building trust with audiences. Drawing insights from writers based at publications including The New York Times, the BBC, The Washington Post, Science, The New Yorker, National Geographic and more, this guide is designed to help journalists everywhere improve their craft and serve as a valuable resource for those seeking to understand the profession at iTrade ReviewA treasure trove of advice from some of the best in the business, this book is an invaluable guide for anyone looking to submerge themselves in the rich, complex, and demanding world of science journalism. * Ed Yong, Pulitzer-Prize winning science writer for The Atlantic and best-selling author of I Contain Multitudes *An essential and knowing companion for students, instructors, and professionals alike, the book treats readers to a diverse array of beautifully written expert perspectives about science journalism. * Mariette DiChristina, Dean and Professor of Practice, School of Communications, Boston University *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Deborah Blum, Ashley Smart, and Tom Zeller Jr. PART 1: Foundations Chapter 1. How Science Works Nsikan Akpan Chapter 2. Finding and Vetting Sources Azeen Ghorashi Chapter 3. Journals, Peer Review, and Preprints Ivan Oransky Chapter 4. Working With Statistics Maggie Koerth Chapter 5. Fact Checking Brooke Borel PART 2: The Craft of Storytelling Chapter 6. A Foundation in News Alicia Chang Chapter 7. Story Structure Deborah Blum Chapter 8. Audio Storytelling Elana Gordon Chapter 9. Film and Video Storytelling Ian Cheney Chapter 10, Multimedia Storytelling Jeffery DelViscio Chapter 11. Data Storytelling Charles Seife Chapter 12. Opinion Writing Bina Venkataraman Chapter 13. Magazine Writing Paige Williams Chapter 14 Book Writing Dan Fagin PART 3: Investigative Journalism Chapter 15. Investigative Science Journalism Katherine Eban Chapter 16. Accessing Public Records Michael Morisy Chapter 17. The Art of the Interview Pallab Ghosh Chapter 18. Cybersecurity and Protecting Sources Andrada Fiscutean Chapter 19. The Public Information Machine James Glanz PART 4: Covering Science Beats Chapter 20. Medicine Sabriya Rice Chapter 21. Infectious Diseases Helen Branswell Chapter 22. Public Health Julia Belluz Chapter 23. Social Sciences Sujata Gupta Chapter 24. Science and Justice Rod McCullom Chapter 25. Physics Ashley Smart Chapter 26. Genetics Antonio Regalado Chapter 27. Technology Megan Molteni Chapter 28. Space Nadia Drake Chapter 29. Climate Sarah Kaplan Chapter 30. Conservation and Wildlife Rachel Nuwer Chapter 31. Earth Sciences Betsy Mason Chapter 32. Mathematics Jennifer Ouellette Chapter 33. Science Policy Dan Vergano Chapter 34. Artificial Intelligence Matthew Hutson Chapter 35. Cybersecurity and National Security Kim Zetter PART 5: Metrics, Models, and Marketing Chapter 36. New Models for Science Media Thomas Lin Chapter 37. Measuring Success in Science Journalism Kate Travis Chapter 38. Social Media in Science Journalism Liz Neporent Chapter 39 Building Trust and Navigating Mistrust Apoorva Mandavilli Chapter 40 Marketing Your Stories Jason Penchoff PART 6: The Global Picture Chapter 41. Narrative Reporting Abroad Martin Enserink Chapter 42. Reporting in Authoritarian Regimes Richard Stone Chapter 43. Collaborative Journalism Across Borders Iván Carrillo Chapter 44. Reporting in the Global South Esther Nakkazi EPILOGUE Stay Curious and Question Everything Tom Zeller Jr. RESOURCES

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Book SynopsisRobert E. Gutsche, Jr. is Senior Lecturer of Critical Digital Media Practice in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University (UK). He was Assistant Professor of journalism and digital media studies at Florida International University in Miami.Trade ReviewMedia Control is a rare, critical look at the power of news at a time of increased surveillance and policing. It's a must read for journalists, citizens and scholars who are concerned about the future of a free society–and their role in it. * Thom Hartmann, Progressive Commentator and New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America and What We Can Do to Stop It *In a reflexive account of media control, Robert Gutsche revives the news-as-propaganda model of journalism. He argues that news of fear today justifies government surveillance and militaristic force, reifies power structures that privilege the rich and well positioned, and establishes stark and helpful good-evil demarcations in society. Whether or not you agree with his assessments, Gutsche’s work is a radical statement about the complicit role the press has in promoting fear, violence, and social control. Media Control offers an alternative perspective about the role of journalism reminiscent of Noam Chomsky, and represents a conversation piece that would be useful in journalism classes and among those interested in assessing media, journalism education and their function in a democratic society. * Sue Robinson, Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *This brave and groundbreaking book in critical journalism throws a devastating blow to the myth about the media and police neutrality. Far from it, Robert Gutsche posits, these two centers of power share the same objective: social control of local communities. Local ‘news’ about crime, the argument goes, create the local community in its own image; in such capacity, ‘news’ about crime acts as a symbolic police force patrolling the very space it has created and owns, as its own beat. To the extent that Gutsche takes a cue from Chomsky’s and Greenwald’s scrutiny of the global media, and shifts the critical focus onto local media and its coverage of a crime, Media Control is a must read for every student studying journalism. * Dušan I. Bjelic, Professor of Criminology, University of Southern Maine, USA *Although not explicitly stated by the founding fathers, but clearly explicated here, is that ultimately what the media has today (and perhaps has always had) is power; specifically, the power to inform, the power to persuade, and the power to help steer the opinions of vast swaths of the population on topics ranging from perceptions of war to their perception of politicians. In this clearly elucidated book, Robert Gutsche helps readers understand how the media wield power. It is a must-read for scholars, laypeople, and anyone who is just interested in knowing about the workings of the media, the construction of news, and ultimately what effect the media does, and does not have, on people’s perception of reality. * Lanier Frush Holt, Assistant Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University, USA *As the battle to control information in a digital world intensifies, this book places front and center the media’s ability to shape meaning in our everyday lives and its relationship to the ‘Power Elite.’ Through notions of propaganda, controversy, conspiracy and place-making, this book won’t just rattle some journalism cages that seek to preserve classical notions of news media and power – it will shatter them. The book also addresses a paucity of scholarly work on the local press by examining issues of media control closest to home. This is a timely and valuable contribution to the field. A must read. * Kristy Hess, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Deakin University, Australia *In contrast to books on modern media that examine control of media by financial elites and corporations, Gutsche's important study provides a rare look at how media collaborate with power elites in order to maintain social control. … He builds his study on theory developed by cultural studies scholars Stuart Hall and James Carey and critical studies media scholar Robert McChesney. … His analyses of the local media are helpful as a starting point for understanding the role of newspapers and radio and television stations sprinkled throughout the US. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. * CHOICE *Gutsche succeeds in what he set out to do. He contributes critical, nuanced, accessible analysis of the press as an act of power. The book succeeds for three reasons. First, Gutsche effectively married theory to analysis. No one will accuse him of academic laziness. Second, his use of recent events such as the Sandy Hook massacre capitalizes on reader memory. Finally, Gutsche’s passion bleeds from each page. If it is true that all research is autobiographical, then may we all be so willing to look within ourselves for what needs to be studied next. * Journal of Communication Inquiry *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction I. The Experience of Experiencing Power: A Beginning II. Purpose of the Book III. Plan of the Book 1. Power, Propaganda & the Purpose of News I. Explicating the Embassy Evacuations: The Purpose of Banal News II. Power: A Briefing on News as Commodity III. Incorporating the News: Joining ‘The Power Elite’ IV. Conclusion: Interpreting News as Propaganda 2. Making News: Purposes, Practices & Pandering I. News as National Rhetoric: The Boston Bombing II. Narratives of Journalism Studies: Politics, Profits & Media-making III. From Social Power to ‘Media Power’ IV. Interpreting Journalism Through Levels of Analysis 3. Displacement & Punishment: The Press as Place-makers I. Here is Not There: Place Ideologies in the Press II. The Power of ‘Othering’ in Press Characterizations of Place & Race III. News Place-making as ‘The New Jim Crow’ IV. Conclusion: Media Displacement as Punishment 4. News as Cultural Distraction: Controversy, Conspiracy & Collective Forgetting I. Controversy or Bust: Media Commitment to Crazy in National Crises II. The Distraction of ‘Conspiracy Theory’: News, Fear & The Need for Protection III. Militarization & Media Violence: The Warfare of Urban Memory IV. Conclusion: Collective Forgetting & Media Control 5. Normalizing Media Surveillance: Media Waiting, Watching & Shaming I. Media Waiting: Fearing South Beach’s Urban Beach Week II. Media Watching: The Function of Media Surveillance III. Media Shaming: Normalizing ‘Correction’-as-Control IV. Conclusion: Media Surveillance as Punishment 6. The Violence of Media Souseveillance: Identifying the Press as Police I. Police Myth: Media Adoption of Police Power II. Journalistic Information & (Questioned) Collaboration III. Controlled Monitoring as Mediated Practice IV. Conclusion: The Virtuous Violence of Media Souseveillance Conclusion: The Myth of Being “Post-Media” & Why Americans Will Always be Media Illiterate I. Media Control: An Assessment & Reminder II. The Death of Media Literacy: The Force of Digital Distractions & Corporatization III. Media Socialization & Press Pacification Through Journalism Education IV. Conclusion: Complicating Media Control’s Collective Identity Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisAn accessible and imaginative approach to ethical theory, this book examines core concepts like truth-telling, loyalty, privacy, public service, media economics, social justice, advocacy, and accountability through the lens of popular films, television shows, and music. A perfect supplement to Media Ethics: Issues and Cases.

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Book SynopsisNick Davies writes investigative stories for the Guardian, and has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year in British press awards. Between July 2009 and July 2011, he wrote more than a hundred stories about crime in Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. He has written six books including White Lies and Dark Heart, and the bestselling Flat Earth News, exposing falsehood and propaganda in news media. Hack Attack is his latest book.He has three children and lives in Sussex.Trade ReviewImportant, vital, urgent * Financial Times *Meticulous, fair-minded and utterly gripping -- Sam Leith * Daily Telegraph *If you read newspapers, you MUST read this book -- John HumphrysA must-read for anyone worried about journalism - which, on this analysis, should be everyone -- Ian HislopPowerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating * Observer *

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Book Synopsis'Thorough and engaging ... you can't understand England without understanding the BBC' New York Times 'Fascinating and informative' Daily Telegraph 'A dramatic tale of innovation and determination' Guardian In 1922, a tiny group of men and women came together to found the BBC, using what had been a weapon of war - Marconi's wireless - to remake culture for the good of humanity. Twenty years later, when George Orwell famously quit the Corporation, he decided he was done 'doing work that produces no result'. Yet the BBC is now one of Britain's most beloved institutions. Stars once fainted at the microphone; now a select few spend their Saturdays waltzing for the nation's entertainment in front of studio cameras. From Daleks to Desert Island Discs, the BBC has blazed a trail for British entertainment. Yet it has also always been at the forefront of global change, both breaking and covering the most important stories of the century on Panorama and BBC News. This is a stirring and monumental history of the British cultural stalwart which created modern broadcasting one hundred years ago.Trade ReviewAn impassioned defence [of] a national institution -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *A tale of creative endeavour and technological innovation, beset by a constant tension between leading and following the audience * FT *A superb account ... David Hendy stages a cast of brilliant and sometimes flawed characters in a page-turning narrative. Quite simply wonderful -- Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at the University of OxfordA dramatic tale of innovation and determination ... at the dawning of what would turn out to be this country's biggest and most significant cultural institution -- Andrew Anthony * Observer *Extraordinary ... Hendy's stated aim is a kind of history from below: a counterpoint to Asa Briggs's magisterial five-volume account of British broadcasting history to 1974, which occasionally gave the impression that the story of radio and TV consisted largely in calm, besuited bigwigs gliding through boardrooms and Whitehall, setting policies and initiating parliamentary committees. Hendy, rather, wants to give a place to the people who actually did the work ... At times, Hendy succeeds magnificently -- Charlotte Higgins * Guardian *A fascinating and informative account of the BBC's first 100 years -- Robin Aitken * Daily Telegraph *Hendy ... combines a historian's sense of sweep with the eye for colour of the TV producer he once was * The Economist *David Hendy's history of the BBC is both engaging and fair ... it is very much the case for the corporation, but it is a case that needs to be made -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *A solid ... case for the BBC's survival -- Clive Davis * Times *Lucid and well-researched -- Rod Liddle * Spectator *Hendy tracks the Beeb from its chaotic formation and its pivotal, sometimes covert, roles during the Second World War through peaks and troughs ... packed [with] vivid tales -- Graeme Thomson * Radio Times *Sympathetic but never uncritical, a masterpiece of lucid presentation ... this is the authoritative, much-needed history of the BBC's first century - a century at the heart of British everyday life. I hope it does its bit to counter the vandals -- David Kynaston, historian and Visiting Professor at Kingston UniversityDavid Hendy's magisterial The BBC: A People's History is a truly wonderful book. Captivating, compelling, moving, and richly detailed it is both a ground-breaking and important history of our national broadcaster and one of the best things I have read on the transformation of British society, culture, and politics since the 1920s -- Matt Houlbrook, Professor of Cultural History at University of BirminghamAn appropriately large-scale account of the media giant at the very heart of British life ... Much of this history has been told before but never in such well-researched depth and sparkling detail * Kirkus *

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Book SynopsisWe are living in a modern world where falsehood regularly seems to overwhelm truth. The ability of billions of people to publish has created a vast amount of unreliable and false news which now competes with and sometimes drowns more established forms of journalism. So where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does all this mean for democracy? And what will the future hold?Reflecting on his twenty years as editor of the Guardian at a time of unprecedented digital disruption; and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, Alan Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.Trade Review[Rusbridger] has written a book of breathtaking range . . . The brilliant Breaking News is essential - and entertaining - reading -- SIR HAROLD EVANS * * Observer * *I particularly enjoyed Alan Rusbridger's Breaking News - in places it's as exciting as a thriller (and the good guys win) but it also gave me a new understanding of the difficulties that now confront good journalism -- HENRY MARSH * * New Statesman, Best Books of 2018 * *Just when we were feeling lost in the dark labyrinth of fake news and journalism in crisis, Alan Rusbridger lights his torch and leads the way. Essential -- STEVE COOGANWell written and unskimped, this will be a painful document when we wake up one morning with nothing to read at breakfast except our smartphones -- TOM STOPPARD * * Times Literary Supplement, Best Books of the Year * *The book [Rusbridger] has written is eloquent in its argument for well-resourced journalism, and never better than in its central narrative of how an old profession struggled to cope with a new technology that threatened it with obsolescence -- IAN JACK * * Guardian * *It was my good luck - and the world's - that Alan Rusbridger was the Guardian's editor when powerful governments tried to prevent the paper from revealing that they had deceived and disempowered their citizens. Alan is a fearless defender of the public interest who has had a singular career in journalism. His book is an urgent reminder that there is still a place for real journalism - indeed, our democracies depend on it -- EDWARD SNOWDENA fascinating book and an important one * * Scotsman * *Engaging . . . We love a good newspaper yarn, and Rusbridger provides a dandy * * Financial Times * *Alan Rusbridger is one of the most important journalists of his generation . . . this book needs to be read * * Independent * *The portrait of Rusbridger that emerges is that of the rarest of newsroom species - someone with genuine bona fides as a journalist and an unassailable commitment to the profession's enduring values, who also possesses the curiosity, nimbleness of mind and openness to change necessary to navigate the relentless, shape-shifting challenges that lie ahead for media companies today. The cascading crises afflicting journalism are now, rightly, understood to be threats to American democracy. It is hardly an overstatement, then, to say that the health of our society depends, in part, on future Rusbridgers emerging to take the reins of our news organisations * * New Yorker * *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe doctrine of neutral professionalism tells journalists that their work will be trusted if they keep themselves out of it. No, says Sue Robinson, you have put yourselves into it. You have to engage with the people you are trying to inform and come clean about your own identity as a private citizen and public professional. Her brave book, How Journalists Engage, describes the 'built environment' where an alternative—and far more humble—approach is slowly coming into view. In this detailed account of engagement work, there is a rethinking of journalism's entire professional project. I, for one, welcome that. * Jay Rosen, New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and author of What Are Journalists For? *In How Journalists Engage, Susan Robinson has done something refreshing: She's taken the chaos of an industry besieged by challenges in a turbulent world and extracted a framework that can give journalists a firmer footing. Not sure what it will take to strengthen our ties to an anxious, divided public? Her four new roles and eight new skill sets are a strong place to start. * Mónica Guzmán, Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels, and author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times *How Journalists Engage illuminates the changing role of trust in the contemporary news ecosystem. Professor Robinson has written an important book for scholars and practitioners alike. * Pablo J. Boczkowski, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor, Northwestern University, and author of Abundance *Now more than ever, journalism is faced with the challenge of how to build trust within our increasingly fractured and polarized communities. How Journalists Engage is essential reading for anyone interested in this vital challenge. Building on rich and rigorous empirical research, including a diverse range of engagement case studies, it calls for an ethic of 'identity-aware care,' suggesting that journalists must prioritize listening to and learning from the diverse communities they serve. * Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, University Dean of Research Environment and Culture, Cardiff University, and author of Emotions, Media and Politics *The admirable research presented within its pages makes it a must-read. Furthermore, it possesses the capacity to inspire and stimulate fruitful empirical research in the realm of journalism ethics. * Y. Feng, Journal Of Media Ethics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue Chapter One: How Journalists Trust: Engagement Practices in an Industry Paradigm Shift Chapter Two: How Journalists Engage: A Theory of Trust Applied Chapter Three: How Journalists Identify: Trusting Agents of Engaged Care Chapter Four: How Journalists Might Care: Trust Building Through News Listening-to-Learn Literacies Chapter Five: How Journalists Can Listen to Learn and Learn to Listen: Two Interventions in Newsrooms and J-Schools Chapter Six: A Theory of Trust Building: Framing Journalistic Practice with an Identity-Aware Caring through Engagement Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This new edition is clear-eyed in addressing emerging challenges such as social media, Ai, and virtual environments and presents practical, adaptable strategies for professional fact-checkers and editors. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: Why We Fact-Check Chapter Two: What We Fact-Check Chapter Three: How We Fact-Check The Magazine Model The Newspaper Model The Hybrid Model Fact-Checking Other Media Navigating Relationships with Editors, Writers, and Producers Fact-Checking on a Budget Fact-Checking Your Own Writing How to Get a Fact-Checking Job Chapter Four: Checking Different Types of Facts Basic Facts Numbers and Measurements Polls Quotes Concepts Analogies Images Physical Descriptions Sports Historical Quotes and Stories Product Claims Languages Other than English Outlets outside the United States “Common Knowledge” Headlines and Cover Lines Facts from Anonymous or Sensitive Sources Sensitive Subjects: Trauma, Abuse, and More Conflicting Facts Gray Areas Litigious Material Plagiarism and Fabrication Chapter Five: Sourcing People Interview Recordings and Transcripts Search Engines and Wikis Maps and Atlases Press Releases Books Newspapers Other Publications Academic Literature Chapter Six: Record Keeping Paper Backup Electronic Backup Chapter Seven: Test Your Skills Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix One: “Test Your Skills” Answer Keys Appendix Two: Suggested Reading and Listening References Index

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Book SynopsisWith an anthology edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson

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Book SynopsisCommunity journalism has long been a part of the lifeblood of America, but never have the stakes been so high for the people behind it. In Beacons in the Darkness, award-winning journalist Dave Hoekstra interviews the people trying to keep the lights on at community newspapers across the country amid buyouts, declining revenues, fake news, and a pandemic. This book is not another account of the death of local journalism—but rather a celebration of the community ties, perseverance, and empathy that’s demonstrated in community newsrooms from Hillsboro, Illinois, to Charleston, South Carolina, to Marfa, Texas. Hoekstra recounts the sometimes-scandalous but always-industrious stories of the families who built these newspapers and passed them down through generations. Modern publishers and owners describe in their own words their struggles and experiments to stay alive in the digital age, not just for their businesses and their families but also for the communities they serve and the neighbors whose stories they tell in their reporting. Beacons in the Darkness provides an intimate view inside the organizations that still publish photos of the local bowling league and the outlandishly large mushrooms on the edge of town, leaving you with a rekindled fondness for your own community paper—and a renewed appreciation of what we all stand to lose without one.Table of ContentsList of newspapers featured in Beacons in the Darkness, by state:Arkansas Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Eureka Springs Independent California Bakersfield Californian FloridaMiami Times Illinois Champaign News-Gazette Chicago Reader Evanston RoundTable Hillsboro Journal-News Paddock Publications Pana News-Palladium Shaw Media IndianaMadison Courier Iowa Carroll Times Herald Missouri Eldon Advertiser South Carolina Post and Courier Tennessee Tri-State Defender Texas Big Bend Sentinel

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Book SynopsisConfederate newspapers were beset by troubles: paper shortages, high ink prices, printers striking for higher pay, faulty telegraphic news service, and subscription prices insufficient to support their operations. But they also had the potential to be politically powerful, and their reporting of information—accurate or biased—shaped perceptions of the Civil War and its trajectory. The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War investigates how Atlanta’s most important newspaper reported the Civil War in its news articles, editorial columns, and related items in its issues from April 1861 to April 1865. The authors show how The Intelligencer narrated the war’s important events based on the news it received, at what points the paper (and the Confederate press, generally) got the facts right or wrong based on the authors’ original research on the literature, and how the paper’s editorial columns reflected on those events from an unabashedly pro-Confederate point of view. While their book focuses on The Intelligencer, Stephen Davis and Bill Hendrick also contribute to the scholarship on Confederate newspapers, emphasizing the papers’ role as voices of Confederate patriotism, Southern nationalism, and contributors to wartime public morale. Their well-documented, detailed study adds to our understanding of the relationship between public opinion and misleading propaganda.Trade ReviewFrom an accomplished Civil War historian and seasoned Atlanta journalist comes this immersive voyage into a wartime South you’ve never seen before. The Atlanta Intelligencer was the live local news of its day: where Atlantans got their information in real time, from the latest battlefield reports (and rumors) to sensational murder stories. Davis and Hendrick do a magnificent job of letting the newspaper speak for itself, all the while reminding you of the factual distance between what we think now and what people thought then. Fascinating and groundbreaking!" —Gordon L. Jones, Ph.D., senior military historian, Atlanta History Center

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and wide-ranging critique of the Guardian's journalism and political valuesTrade Review'A lively and well-researched history and critique of Britain's best newspaper, exposing the ideological contradictions and editorial tensions which generally keep the 'Guardian' allied to a soft liberalism but shies away from radical or socialist answers to capitalism's recurring crises' -- Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the 'Guardian''Fascinating and timely' -- Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London'A page turner - reveals the liberal establishment in all its ingloriousness, sprinkled with a few moments of integrity' -- Beverley Skeggs, Professor, Sociology, Lancaster University'Liberalism typically champions particular campaigns for social justice but distances itself from challenges to the state and economy that produces these injustices. At last a book which reveals this serious problem. A must read for all Guardian readers!' -- Hilary Wainwright, Founding Editor of 'Red Pepper' and author of 'A New Politics From the Left' (Polity Press, 2018)‘A forceful intervention’ -- ‘LSE Review of Books’Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Introduction: ‘Just the Establishment’? - Des Freedman 1. In the Wake of Peterloo? A Radical Account of the Founding of the Guardian - Des Freedman 2. The Political Economy of the Guardian - Aaron Ackerley 3. Reflections from an Editor-at-large - Gary Younge 4. Radical Moments at the Guardian - Victoria Brittain 5. The Guardian and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict - Ghada Karmi 6. The Guardian and Latin America: Pink Tides and Yellow Journalism - Alan MacLeod 7. The Origins of the Guardian Women’s Page - Hannah Hamad 8. Trans Exclusionary Radical Centrism: The Guardian, Neoliberal Feminism and the Corbyn Years - Mareile Pfannebecker and Jilly Boyce Kay 9. The Guardian and Surveillance - Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis 10. Corruption in the Fourth Estate: How the Guardian Exposed Phone Hacking and Reneged on Reform of Press Regulation - Natalie Fenton 11. The Guardian and Corbynism and Antisemitism - Justin Schlosberg 12. Guardian Journalists and Twitter Circles - Tom Mills 13. The Guardian and the Economy - Mike Berry 14. The Guardian and Brexit - Mike Wayne 15. ‘I’m not “racist” but’: Liberalism, Populism and Euphemisation in the Guardian - Katy Brown, Aurelien Monden and Aaron Winter Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA timely call for a new ethic of journalism engagement for today''s troubled media sphere, Objectively Engaged Journalism argues that media should be neither neutral nor partisan but engaged in protecting egalitarian democracy. It shows how journalists, professional or citizen, can be both objective in method and dedicated to improving a global public sphere toxic with disinformation, fake news, and extremism.Drawing from history, ethics, and current media issues, Stephen Ward rejects the ideals of neutrality and just the facts objectivity, showing how they are based on invalid dualistic thinking with deep roots in Western culture. He presents a theory of pragmatic objectivity and applies it to journalism. Journalism''s role in interpreting culture, he argues, needs a form of objectivity that embraces human strengths and limitations.Defining responsible journalism as situated, imperfect inquiry, Objectively Engaged Journalism is one of the first systematic Trade Review"Ward has a gift for writing books that are a coherent whole and he does so here to perfection. This book will become a watershed for all subsequent work on media ethics that is explicitly global." Clifford Christians, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Book SynopsisNow in its 12th edition, this core text is the most comprehensive and widely used textbook on editing in journalism. Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate more online and multimedia formats, this hands-on guide offers a detailed overview of the full process of journalistic editing, exploring both the micro aspects of the craft, such as style, spelling and grammar, and macro aspects, including ethics and legality. Recognizing the pronounced global shift toward online multimedia, the authors continue to stress the importance of taking the best techniques learned in print and broadcast editing and applying them to online journalism. This new edition also includes an in-depth discussion of the role editors and journalists can play in recapturing the public''s trust in the news media. Additional chapters examine how to edit for maximum visual impact and how to edit across media platforms, teaching students how to create a polished product that is grounded in the best practices of journalism.The Art of Editing, 12th edition, remains an essential resource for students of journalism across all media and levels interested in editing, design and media writing, as well as for professionals seeking to refine and refresh their skill set. Accompanying online features include instructor PowerPoints and student exercises. Table of ContentsPreface The Evolution of Editing [Brooks] Journalism’s Credibility Problem [Brooks] The Editing Process [Brooks] Macro Editing for the Big Picture [Pinson] Macro Editing for Legality, Ethics and Propriety [Pinson] Micro Editing for Grammar and Usage [Pinson] Micro Editing for Style, Spelling and Tightening [Pinson] Holistic Editing: Integrating the Macro and Micro [Pinson] Edit Yourself [Brooks] Writing Headlines, Titles, Captions and Blurbs [Brooks] Using Photos, Graphics and Type [Brooks] GlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an accessible introduction to data-driven storytelling. Resulting from unique discussions between data visualization researchers and data journalists, it offers an integrated definition of the topic, presents vivid examples and patterns for data storytelling, and calls out key challenges and new opportunities for researchers and practitioners.  Trade ReviewTrumpets please! This lucidly written report on data-driven storytelling lays out the compelling benefits and substantial challenges of this potent journalistic innovation. The strong team of authors offer fresh thinking and thoughtful guidance on exploration, explanation, engagement, ethics, and evaluation. Packed with examples for practitioners and references for researchers, this book opens up fresh possibilities that extend information visualization into decision-making, policy-shifting, and mind-changing applications.--Ben Shneiderman, University of MarylandData-Driven Storytelling presents an accessible and informative introduction to data-driven storytelling. Resulting from unique discussions between data visualization researchers and data journalists, Data-Driven Storytelling offers an integrated definition of the topic, presents vivid examples and patterns for data storytelling, and calls out key challenges and new opportunities for researchers and practitioners. The newest addition to the simply outstanding CRC Press 'A K Peters Visualization Series', Data-Driven Storytelling is unreservedly recommended for professional, corporate, college, and university library Computer Science & Engineering collections and supplemental studies reading lists.--Midwest Book Review, May 2018 Data-Driven Storytelling promotes an efficient way of data-driven storytelling in professionalism and its profound implications. This approach involves visualizations, explorations, explanations, curated visuals, narrative design patterns, process from analysis to communication, impressing the audience, ethical guidelines and evaluation methods on successful the data driven storytelling.--Ramalingam Shanmugam, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation“This bible of data-driven storytelling covers everything you need to know about the topic, from storytelling techniques (including scrollytelling) and narrative design patterns to evaluation and ethics in storytelling, providing readers with explanations and examples of the concepts described as well as extensive reference material. All of this is expressed in an accurate, concise, and clear way.”--Lorenzo Amabili, University of Groningen, Book Review in NightingaleTrumpets please! This lucidly written report on data-driven storytelling lays out the compelling benefits and substantial challenges of this potent journalistic innovation. The strong team of authors offer fresh thinking and thoughtful guidance on exploration, explanation, engagement, ethics, and evaluation. Packed with examples for practitioners and references for researchers, this book opens up fresh possibilities that extend information visualization into decision-making, policy-shifting, and mind-changing applications.--Ben Shneiderman, University of MarylandData-Driven Storytelling presents an accessible and informative introduction to data-driven storytelling. Resulting from unique discussions between data visualization researchers and data journalists, Data-Driven Storytelling offers an integrated definition of the topic, presents vivid examples and patterns for data storytelling, and calls out key challenges and new opportunities for researchers and practitioners. The newest addition to the simply outstanding CRC Press 'A K Peters Visualization Series', Data-Driven Storytelling is unreservedly recommended for professional, corporate, college, and university library Computer Science & Engineering collections and supplemental studies reading lists.--Midwest Book Review, May 2018 Data-Driven Storytelling promotes an efficient way of data-driven storytelling in professionalism and its profound implications. This approach involves visualizations, explorations, explanations, curated visuals, narrative design patterns, process from analysis to communication, impressing the audience, ethical guidelines and evaluation methods on successful the data driven storytelling.--Ramalingam Shanmugam, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation“This bible of data-driven storytelling covers everything you need to know about the topic, from storytelling techniques (including scrollytelling) and narrative design patterns to evaluation and ethics in storytelling, providing readers with explanations and examples of the concepts described as well as extensive reference material. All of this is expressed in an accurate, concise, and clear way.”--Lorenzo Amabili, University of Groningen, Book Review in NightingaleTable of ContentsIntroduction. From Cognitive to Design Principles. Exploration and Explanation in Data-Driven Storytelling. Data-Driven Storytelling Techniques: Analysis of a Curated Collection of Visual Stories. Narrative Design Patterns for Data-Driven Storytelling. Watches to Augmented Reality Devices and Gadgets for Data-Driven Storytelling. From Analysis to Communication Supporting the Lifecycle of a Story. Organizing the Work of Data-Driven Visual Storytelling. Communicating Data to an Audience.Ethics in Data-Driven Visual Storytelling. Evaluating Data-Driven Stories & Storytelling Tools.

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Book SynopsisThe decisive role of Britain's wartime newspaper journalism in shaping public opinion and government policy has been majorly overlooked. Much of the existing historiography has framed Britain's newspapers as mouthpieces of state propaganda, readily conforming to the wishes of the wartime coalition. Tim Luckhurst challenges this through an analysis of illuminating and largely forgotten controversies which underscore the function the press held as guardians of democracy and propagators of dissenting opinion in British politics and society - from the overseas evacuation of children to the Allies' carpet bombing of German cities.Reporting the Second World War is a timely and important intervention that duly recognises the place of national, regional and specialist titles in speaking truth to power in a democracy at war.Trade ReviewTim Luckhurst’s magisterial Reporting the Second World War: The Press and the People 1939-1945 does two things: It provides a scholarly, deeply-researched account of how British journalists reported the Second World War, and, in doing so, it shines a light on the practices of journalism. That a history book should succeed in doing both things is a mighty achievement. * Journalism *Reporting the Second World War is a book which makes you feel good and proud to be a journalist and leaves you with the feeling that the history of journalism itself can be written with so much more optimism, truth and inspiration. * The Journal: Magazine of the Chartered Institute of Journalists *One of the very best journalism history books ever written. Outstanding research into the story of the Second World War through a critical, inspirational and brilliant study of the newspaper reporting by courageous British journalists still holding power to account while fighting to protect their country's democracy and freedoms. * Tim Crook, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK *Tim Luckhurst is that rare creature, a Professor of Journalism who actually believes in a free press. He charts with brilliant clarity how, after abdication and appeasement, it was the radical and irreverent tabloids, led by the Mirror, which reminded ordinary Britons that freedom means a press which serves its readers, not their rulers. * Peter Wright, Editor Emeritus, Daily Mail Group Media, UK *An engrossing critical history of journalism through one of the most profound periods of the 20th Century. Addressing contentious issues of the time, Tim Luckhurst provides original insight and compelling evidence into how our wartime newspapers shaped readers' opinions and challenged government. * Robert Lynes, Professor, CMG. Stephenson College, Durham University, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. A Very Brief History of Newspapers 3. The Press Barons, the Abdication of Edward VIII and the Era of Appeasement 4. Newspapers in the Phoney War 5. Churchill, Norway and Dunkirk 6. Overseas Evacuation 7. Battle of Britain 8. The Blitz 9. Morale, Intimidation and Censorship 10. Britain and Russia: ‘One Touch of Hitler Makes the Whole World Kin’ 11. Banishing Want from Cradle to Grave: A Symbol of a New Britain 12. Peculiar Problems: Reporting the American Presence 13. 'Bomb Back and Bomb Hard': Allied Bombing of Germany 14. Auschwitz, Belsen and Buchenwald 15. ‘What a hair-trigger business the world has become’:Victory in Europe, a General Election, Atomic Bombs and VJ Day Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAre you considering a career in the world of publishing, or simply want to understand more about the industry? If so, The Publishing Business will take you through the essential publishing activities performed in editorial, rights, design, production, sales and marketing departments. International examples from across the industry, from children''s books to academic monographs, demonstrate key responsibilities at each stage of the publishing process and how the industry is adapting to digital culture. This 3rd edition has been updated with more on the role of self-publishing, independent publishers, audio books, the rise of poetry and non-fiction and how the industry is facing up to challenges of sustainability, inclusivity and diversity.Beautifully designed and full of insight and advice from practitioner interviews, this is an essential introduction to a dynamic industry. Interviewees include:Anne Meadows, Commissioning EditoTrade ReviewThis third edition of The Publishing Business does an excellent job of updating what was already a valuable learning resource. With its helpful layout and structure, this is a thoroughly contemporary publishing textbook and a perfect introduction for anybody wanting to learn about and engage with this dynamic creative industry. * Dr David Barker, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, University of Derby, UK *The most recent edition of The Publishing Business integrates valuable updates for new students, including information on social media developments, ethical issues surrounding access to book culture, and insights into newly created positions in the publishing industry. This text continues to be an important teaching resource for publishing studies courses. -- Dr Solveig C. Robinson, Director, Publishing & Printing Arts Program, Pacific Lutheran University, Washington, USA[Praise for the previous editions] Provides an excellent introduction to contemporary publishing. It is recommended reading for anyone wanting up-to-date information about roles and responsibilities in this global industry. -- Sally Hughes, Oxford Brookes University, UKBeautifully produced and illustrated, The Publishing Business provides a clear and succinct overview of what it means to be a publisher in an era of rapid technological change. The use of diagrams and case studies helps to convey complex information in a clear and meaningful way. A useful reference guide for publishing professionals. -- Penelope Woolf, Editorial Director, Oxford University Press, UKI think the book is superb! It looks so much better than any existing textbook on the subject, and practises what it preaches: it is a real visual feast for a visual medium. I shall definitely be recommending it as the main source that students need for their course. A really great production feat! -- Brenda Stones, City University, LondonThe Publishing Business represents not only a thoroughly researched and comprehensive guide to contemporary publishing but also an example of what a well designed and accessible textbook should be. -- Prof Alistair McCleery, Edinburgh Napier UniversityA book that addresses the editorial process in a clear, concise, summarized and instructive way is most refreshing. -- Blog of the School of BookstoreTable of ContentsIntroduction People And Publishing: Who Does What In Book Publishing? Chapter-By-Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Publishing A Very Short Of History of Publishing Why Finance Matters The Relationship between Different Parts of Industry The Global and Local Fundamentals Ethical Issues in Publishing Interview: Namrata Tripathi, Founder and Publisher of Kokila Preparing For a Future in Publishing Interview: Anne Meadows, Commissioning Editor at Granta and Portobello Books Case Study: Bertelsmann and Random House Summary 2. The Publishing Ecosystem Varieties of Publication- Markets and Audiences International Publishing – The Global Market Print and Ebooks Audiobooks Interview: Alba Proko, Audio Manager, Bookouture “Diversity” In Children’s Books Journals, Magazines and Newspapers Who Adds Value to the Publishing Process? Case Study: Amazon and EBSCO Interview: Zaahida Nabagereka, Head of Social Impact at Penguin Books UK Summary 3. Writers, Readers and Intermediaries Authors, Illustrators, Creators and Their Rights Agents and Other Gatekeepers Network and Opinion Formers Prizes Small and Independent Presses Channels to Readers and Buyers Case Study: Frankfurt Book Fair Interview: Ashleigh Gardner, Senior Vice President, Managing Director Global Publishing, Wattpad Interview: Caroline Walsh, Literary Agent, David Higham Associates Summary 4. Editorial Process Policy and Planning: List Building and Market Niches Commissioning: Research, Reputation and Funds Contractual Matters: Formats and Co-Editions Editorial Work: From Submissions to Publication Interview: Breanna McDaniel, Author and Sensitivity Reader Case Study: A Guide for Dummies Interview: Peter Blackstock, VP, Deputy Publisher, Grove Atlantic/Publisher, Grove Press UK Summary 5. Rights How Different Rights Developed Range Of Rights Who Is Involved In Selling Rights Case Study: The Rights Potential of Children's Books Interview: Amy Ellis, Head of Rights and Permissions, Publishers' Licensing Services Interview: Victoria Lawrance, Rights Manager, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Summary 6. Design and Production Platforms and Formats Appropriate For the Content Scheduling the Publication Process Controlling Costs and Establishing Prices Case Study: Horrible Histories Interview: Shaun Hodgkinson, COO, Dorling Kindersley Interview: Thomas Truong, Publishing Director, Little Tiger Group Summary 7. Print and Digital Publishing Choosing From a Variety of Media and Formats Legalities of Publishing in a Wired World Digital Workflow and Software Standard Communication for Print and E-Publications Case Study: Print and Digital at the University Presses Interview: Jenny Blenk, Associate Editor, Dark Horse Comics Interview: Jeanette Morton, Digital Publisher, Oxford University Press Summary 8. Marketing, Sales and Distribution Marketing Communication through Promotion and Publicity Interview: Maria Vassilopoulos, Publishing Sales, Uni of Wales Press and Calon Books Managing Budgets and Schedules Supply Chains Using Feedback to Monitor Success Case Study: Persephone Books Interview: Ian Lamb, Head Of Children's Marketing and Publicity, Simon and Schuster Summary Conclusion Glossary Bibliography and Resources The Publishing Year: Book Fairs and Other Major Publishing Events Index

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Book Synopsis This edited volume of essays analyzes how the entire practice of journalism in America has changed irrevocably due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Written by journalists and other industry professionals, essays outline an assortment of related topics, including the rapid adoption of new technology like Zoom, the state of public health reporting, diversity in journalism and more. This book also outlines major implications for the future of journalism, detailing some long-lasting changes that could impact generations to come. These shifts in journalism will have economic, social and ethical consequences long after the pandemic ends and could shift the entire paradigm for deciding what news is and how it is covered.Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword Bill Whitaker Introduction: A Collaborative Pandemic Project Tony Silvia Part I. Reporting a Pandemic The Rapid Pace of Disruptive Change Tony Silvia Personal Perspectives from the Frontlines of News Janet K. Keeler Covering Politics During the Pandemic: A Personal Journey LaCrai D. Mitchell Investigative Reporting: Assessing Covid's Lasting Impact Mark Douglas Iusi The Future of Collegiate Journalism in the Wake of ­Covid-19 Jennifer Fleming and Teresa Puente Community Journalism: The Pandemic as a Catalyst for Change Bernardo H. Motta Part II. Gaining Understanding Coronavirus and the Bermuda Triangle of Public Health Reporting Mark Jerome Walters Social Media and the Pandemic: Myths and Misinformation Tony Silvia and Casey Frechette Part III. Charting a Course Shifting Newsroom Economics: A Lasting Impact Elliott Wiser Zooming the Pandemic: Developing New Technologies Casey Frechette Diversity: ­Covid-19, George Floyd and Lessons Learned Lillian R. Dunlap Ethical Reporting in the Pandemic and Beyond Deni Elliott and Andrea Chu Teaching Journalism During (and After) the Pandemic Tony Silvia and Janet K. Keeler Part IV. Revisiting News Practices­Post-Pandemic: A Roundtable Discussion "Journalism After the Pandemic" Roundtable Suggestions for Further Reading About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFor many years, the far right has sown public distrust in the media as a political strategy, weaponizing libel law in an effort to stifle free speech and silence African American dissent. In Sullivan's Shadow demonstrates that this strategy was pursued throughout the civil rights era and beyond, as southern officials continued to bring lawsuits in their attempts to intimidate journalists who published accounts of police brutality against protestors. Taking the Supreme Court's famous 1964 case New York Times v. Sullivan as her starting point, Aimee Edmondson illuminates a series of fascinating and often astounding cases that preceded and followed this historic ruling.Drawing on archival research and scholarship in journalism, legal history, and African American studies, Edmondson offers a new narrative of brave activists, bold journalists and publishers, and hard­headed southern officials. These little-known courtroom dramas at the intersection of race, libel, and journalism go beyond the activism of the 1960s and span much of the country's history, beginning with lawsuits filed against abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and concluding with a suit spawned by the 1988 film Mississippi Burning.

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Book SynopsisThe gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world.The last decade has seen the News industry face unprecedented change. The sometimes-century old institutions which were once the bastions of truth have had their dominance eroded by vast innovations in viral technology and, as millennial appetites force the industry to choose between principles of objectivity and impartiality, the survivors must confront the horrifying cost of their success: sexual scandal, fake news, the election of President Trump and the shaking of democracy.Taking us behind the scenes at four media titans - BuzzFeed, VICE, The New York Times and The Washington Post - Abramson reveals the human drama behind this shift: one involving deal-making tycoons, thrusting reporters, hard-bitten editors, egomaniacs, bullshitters, provocateurs and bullies, with some surfing and others drowning in the breaking wave of change. 'A cracking, essential read… Abramson knows where most of the bodies are buried and is prepared to draw the reader a detailed map' GuardianTrade ReviewA cracking, essential read … [Abramson] knows where most of the bodies are buried and is prepared to draw the reader a detailed map * Guardian *A masterwork … a vastly useful immersion in the ways of contemporary journalism * Financial Times *Chock-full of arresting titbits … describes the perfect storm that has engulfed newspapers over the past dozen years * Telegraph *Amazing. Filled with colourful inside stories, this book is essential for anyone who wants to understand today’s media and how it is affecting our society -- WALTER ISAACSONDeeply researched, wonderfully written and filled with fascinating portraits. Jill Abramson tells the truth about the news business as only she can tell it. An important book at a crucial time -- GAY TALESEA fascinating read -- Liz Thomson * The Arts Desk *

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Book SynopsisWelcome to the Post-Truth era— a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it. The Brexit vote; Donald Trump’s victory; the rejection of climate change science; the vilification of immigrants; all have been based on the power to evoke feelings and not facts. So what does it all mean and how can we champion truth in in a time of lies and ‘alternative facts’?In this eye-opening and timely book, Post-Truth is distinguished from a long tradition of political lies, exaggeration and spin. What is new is not the mendacity of politicians but the public’s response to it and the ability of new technologies and social media to manipulate, polarise and entrench opinion. Where trust has evaporated, conspiracy theories thrive, the authority of the media wilt and emotions matter more than facts . Now, one of the UK’s most respected political journalists, Matthew d’Ancona investigates how we got here, why quiet resignation is not an option and how we can and must fight back.Trade ReviewD’Ancona’s punchy polemic asks questions that are urgently topical and undeniably important. -- John Gray * Guardian *To anyone who is invigorated by urgent writing, Matthew d’Ancona’s work is as startling as a cold shower. -- Nick Cohen * Observer *Elegantly written and erudite, it's also a rousing rallying cry. -- Jonathan FreedlandIt's officially BRILLIANT. And badly needed. -- Emily Maitlis

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Book SynopsisAl Tompkins teaches students about broadcast journalism using a disarmingly simple truth—if you aim for the heart with the copy you write and the sound and video you capture, you will compel your viewers to keep watching. With humor, honesty, and directness, award-winning journalist and author Al Tompkins bottles his years of experience and insight in a new Third Edition that offers students the fundamentals they need to master journalism in today’s constantly evolving media environment, with practical know-how they can immediately put to use in their careers. Aim for the Heart is as close as you can get to spending a week in one of Tompkins’s training sessions that he has delivered in newsrooms around the world, from which students: • Learn how to build compelling characters who connect with the audience • Write inviting leads • Get memorable soundbites • See how to light, crop, frame, and edit compelling videos • Learn how to leverage social media to engage audiences • Gain critical thinking skills that move your story from telling the "what" to telling the "why"Trade Review"For those of us in journalism, our world is quickly changing beneath our feet. Aim for the Heart will give you something solid to stand on, with insights on how to be a better storyteller and how to make the most of the newest technology." -- Byron Pitts "In the midst of a changing industry, Aim for the Heart is more important than ever. It reminds journalists that no matter what the platform, the story is still key. Writing matters. Every manager should have this in their library; it is a great way to inspire newsrooms." -- Carolyn Mungo "Aim for the Heart offers outstanding lessons for students at all levels. Tompkins’ approach is smart and engaging, bringing multimedia stories into focus through effective and ethical practices. His emphasis on improving technique in writing, shot composition and the marriage of the two moves students forward." -- Kathleen Culver"Knowing about ‘the next big thing′ is meaningless without thinking carefully about how those ′big things′ enhance the fundamentals of journalism—the fundamentals that give our audiences stories that are ethically sound, engaging and informative. Al Tompkins gets that connection, and he stands for journalism that matters. Anyone who has ever attended one of Al Tompkins’ workshops knows that he brings amazing insight, energy and passion into the classroom. What’s even more amazing is how he manages to convey that energy and passion in print. Aim for the Heart inspired ordinary journalists to do extraordinary work." -- Lisa Taylor"Aim for the Heart is the book I wish I could have read 20 years sooner. Al Tompkins reveals the secrets of compelling visual stories. As an award winning broadcast journalist, Al taught himself the ‘magic" years ago. His willingness to share and teach is his gift to the rest of us." -- Boyd HuppertTable of ContentsPREFACE ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. AIM FOR THE HEART Can Great Storytelling Make You Sexier? All That Is Great, But I’m on a Deadline Finding Focus: Aim for the Heart of the Story Use Sound Bites That Connect to The Viewer’s Heart CHAPTER 2. THE SHAPE OF THE STORY Stories Need Surprises: Give Viewers Gold Coin Moments Story Frames: Structure and Restructure The Big Close: Resolve the Story Sentences Have Shapes, Too: Power at the End CHAPTER 3. FIND MEMORABLE CHARACTERS Put a Face on the Story: You Remember What You Feel Little Pictures, Big Stories: Focus on People, Not Events How Many Characters Do You Need in a Story? CHAPTER 4. WRITE INVITING LEADS First Impressions: Get Them Hooked Some Do’s and Don’ts for Leads: Don’t Stall; Get On With It Kill the Clichés: Especially the Clichés of Thought CHAPTER 5. VERBS AND ADJECTIVES The Thing About “ing”: A Passive, Verbless Style “To Be” or Not “To Be”: Verbs Drive Sentences Avoid “Fantastic, Unbelievable, Gut-Wrenching” Subjective Adjectives CHAPTER 6. THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW Learning to Listen: Using Your Ears More Than Your Mouth Asking Better Questions Interviewing Reluctant Sources: Explain the Rationale Interviewing Juveniles and Other Vulnerable People A Few Interviewing Don’ts CHAPTER 7. WHY PICTURES ARE SO POWERFUL A Little Bit of Visual Theory The Power of the Picture The Fannie Lou Hamer Story CHAPTER 8. THE VITAL ROLE OF LIGHTING Lighting Sets an Editorial Tone Construct the Light and Go for the Shadow Side In Bright Sunlight Add Light Be Careful CHAPTER 9. VIDEO AND VISUAL TECHNIQUES Let’s Get Visual: Capturing Compelling Video Principles and Techniques for Photographic Objectivity Special Effects Are “Special”: Use With Care CHAPTER 10. CAUTION, THIS MAY GET GRAPHIC: THINKING VISUALLY Think “Shapes”: A Checklist for Effective Graphics Get It Right: Graphics Are Precision Work CHAPTER 11. THE SOUND OF THE STORY Capturing Powerful Sound Ethical Concerns With Adding Music and Sound Effects Do Not Rearrange Audio or Sound Bites CHAPTER 12. WHAT EVERY JOURNALIST SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GUNS, AMMUNITION AND ARMED VIOLENCE What Is a Caliber/Gauge and Why Does It Matter? Guns in Crime Buying and Selling Guns CHAPTER 13. FIELD TRICKS FROM THE PROS First Things First in the Field Story Ideas Assessing Threats and Staying Safe CHAPTER 14. TELL THE STORY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE Why Online and Social Media Are Important to Local TV Reporting and Writing for Online Ethics and Social Networks Online Skills You Need to Get Hired or to Keep Your Job CHAPTER 15. ETHICS AND BROADCAST JOURNALISTS: SEEK TRUTH AND REPORT IT AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE Seek Truth and Report It as Fully as Possible Who Said That: Evaluating Sources for Your Stories Be Honest With Viewers About Your Reporting and Your Mistakes Attack Dogs, Watchdogs and Guide Dogs: A Journalist’s Commitment to Seeking Truth File Tape: Truthful Reporting or Lazy Journalism? CHAPTER 16. ETHICS AND BROADCAST JOURNALISTS: ACT INDEPENDENTLY Avoid Conflicts of Interest CHAPTER 17. ETHICS AND BROADCAST JOURNALISTS: MINIMIZE HARM Rights to Privacy for Private People and Public Officials Covering Criminals and Criminal Acts Identifying Suspects, Covering “Off-Limits” Stories and Other Tough Ethics Calls Questions Before You “Go Live” CHAPTER 18. LET’S GET CRITICAL Kill the Zombie Stats Critical Thinking and Polling Using Critical Thinking to Investigate Charities Al Gets Duped: Be Skeptical CHAPTER 19. THE POWER OF ENTERPRISE REPORTING Enterprise From the Start: Morning Meetings How to Generate Enterprise Stories Look for the Story Behind the Story CHAPTER 20. SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN TODAY’S TV NEWSROOM How to Succeed Surviving Layoffs, Cutbacks and Reassignment Stressed and Overworked Time Management Avoid Office Gossip and Politics Leaders in the Newsroom The Meaning of Life INDEX

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Book SynopsisExamines the ways in which the 'Left Behind' have been used to symbolise and foment social divisions in contemporary BritainTrade Review'Engaging […] tackles the stereotyping of so-called 'left behind' communities by journalistic and political opinion-formers, questioning how the most disadvantaged have been framed (or blamed) for delivering Brexit’ -- Dominic Wring, Professor of Political Communication at Loughborough University'A sophisticated interrogation of how the 'left behind' are mythologised, problematised and weaponised by those whose insights rarely stretch beyond regional condescension and recycled tropes. Morrison deftly unpicks the left-behind imaginary and the culture wars, fantasies and resentments it feeds into - and sketches a powerful map for how to generate a more expansive, solidaristic imaginary' -- Dr. Tracey Jensen, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsList of tables About the author Acknowledgements Introduction: Inventing and appropriating ‘the left behind’ 1. Working class, ‘underclass’ and collapsing-class identity: The roots of the left behind 2. Politics, the press and the construction of the post-Brexit left behind 3. How to solve a problem like the left behind: Condescension or contempt? 4. Fear and loathing on social media: Trolling and championing the left behind 5. Speaking up for the left behind: The voices of disadvantaged Britain Conclusion: Towards a manifesto for ‘unite and rule’ Appendix: Research methodologies References Index

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Book SynopsisA behind-the-scenes look at the struggles between visual journalists and officials over what the public sees--and therefore much of what the public knows--of the criminal justice system. In the contexts of crime, social justice, and the law, nothing in visual media is as it seems. In today''s mediated social world, visual communication has shifted to a democratic sphere that has significantly changed the way we understand and use images as evidence. In Seeing Justice, Mary Angela Bock examines the way criminal justice in the US is presented in visual media by focusing on the grounded practices of visual journalists in relationship with law enforcement. Drawing upon extended interviews, participant observation, contemporary court cases, and critical discourse analysis, Bock provides a detailed examination of the way digitization is altering the relationships between media, consumers, and the criminal justice system. From tabloid coverage of the last public hanging in the US to Karen-shaming videos, from mug shots to perp walks, she focuses on the practical struggles between journalists, police, and court officials to control the way images influence their resulting narratives. Revealing the way powerful interests shape what the public sees, Seeing Justice offers a model for understanding how images are used in news narrative.Trade ReviewImpressive in scope. Thoughtful in approach. Critical in significance. Bock gives us a treasure that expertly illuminates how visual media have historically been used to depict (in)justice and, importantly, provides a roadmap to guide their ethical use into the future. * T.J. Thomson, Queensland University of Technology and author of To See and Be Seen: The Environments, Interactions, and Identities Behind News Images *Through her insight and wisdom gathered through years of work as a professional and a scholar, Mary Angela Bock has produced a much needed book about the role of all stakeholders—'law enforcement, citizens, and journalists'—in shaping visual narratives about the criminal justice system and the people who are voluntarily or involuntarily part of it. This timely book covers a full range of issues, from 'embodied gatekeeping' through misrepresentation and re-contextualization in media. Far too often, the result of these imaging and viewing practices is seeing unjustly. * Julianne H. Newton, Professor of Visual Communication, University of Oregon *Bock provides a sophisticated account of how the press, the state, and its citizens use and produce visual narratives of justice. Moving between theory and practice with eloquence and ease, she makes a compelling case for why mediated citizenship depends on the recognition of visibility and voice. * Sandra Ristovska, University of Colorado Boulder and author of Seeing Human Rights: Video Activism as a Proxy Profession *A remarkable achievement! Informative, insightful and engaging. Seeing Justice is a compelling book that will engage and delight the reader. It exposes the way images about justice are created, contextualized and distributed, and how different social actors struggle for control of those processes. Bock's wry wit is a welcome bonus, too often missing in books of this character." * Shahira S. Fahmy, Professor, School of Journalism, University of Arizona, USA and Visiting Professor, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, Egypt *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One: Playing with Fire Chapter Two: Images of Discipline Chapter Three: Walks of Shame Chapter Four: Spectacular Trials Chapter Five: What Picture Would They Use? Chapter Six: What's So Special About Video? Chapter Seven: Filming Police Chapter Eight: Police and Image Maintenance Chapter Nine: Everyday Racism and Rudeness Chapter Ten: Playing (Safely) With Fire Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisEvaluation Across Newspaper Genres: Hard News Stories, Editorials and Feature Articles is the first book-length study of evaluation or stance in three major newspaper genres: hard news stories, editorials and feature articles, the last of which is a Cinderella genre in linguistic studies. It offers a fresh approach to exploring the ways in which evaluation or stance contributes to the construction of the three newspaper genres, each with a distinct communicative purpose.Key features include using a 900,000-word comparable corpus of newspaper texts arranged by genre and topic domain drawing on a specially developed framework of analysis with a strong orientation to news values carrying out structural analysis by creating sub-corpora of different parts of newspaper texts and adopting a functional approach to evaluation in newspaper discourse Evaluation Across Newspaper Genres amply demonstrates that evaluation Table of ContentsList of tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. PART I: Defining, identifying and categorizing evaluation in discourse. 2. Evaluation as a driver of text construction. 3. Towards a new approach to evaluation. PART II: Delving into evaluation in newspaper discourse. 4. Evaluation in hard news stories. 5. Evaluation in editorials. 6. Evaluation in feature articles. 7. Epistemic evaluation in hard news stories, editorials and feature articles. PART III: Summing up. 8. Final considerations. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first thoroughly interdisciplinary study to examine how the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Britain helped shape the conflicts between North and South in the decade before the American Civil War, Twice-Divided Nation addresses that influence primarily as a problem of national memory.

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Book SynopsisTaking a thematic approach, this new companion provides an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and international study of American literary journalism.From the work of Frederick Douglass and Walt Whitman to that of Joan Didion and Dorothy Parker, literary journalism is a genre that both reveals and shapes American history and identity. This volume not only calls attention to literary journalism as a distinctive genre but also provides a critical foundation for future scholarship. It brings together cutting-edge research from literary journalism scholars, examining historical perspectives; themes, venues, and genres across time; theoretical approaches and disciplinary intersections; and new directions for scholarly inquiry.Provoking reconsideration and inquiry, while providing new historical interpretations, this companion recognizes, interacts with, and honors the tradition and legacies of American literary journalism scholarship. Engaging the work of disciplineTrade Review"This stimulating compendium of thoughtful discussions of American literary journalism from its colonial beginnings to the contemporary digital moment will be the go-to volume on the subject for a long time. Richly inclusive—and filled with surprising juxtapositions, fresh insights, and unexpected excursions into the past and present—the Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism is a pleasure to read."Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities; Professor of English, and Director of American Studies, Stanford University, and author of From Fact to Fiction: Journalism and Imaginative Writing in America."Roberta Maguire and William Dow’s Routledge Companion to American Literary Journalism clearly illuminates virtually every aspect of the discipline, and the volume will serve as a foundational text for scholars and students of the field for many years to come. Notably, its masterful structure—insightful scholarly essays addressing historical, then thematic, theoretical and future-study issues—is truly a tour de force."David Abrahamson, Professor of Journalism, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University, The Medill School."This may be the most complete volume on literary journalism yet. Three dozen of the best thinkers on the topic write about its history, relationship to "real life," and the New Journalism, including the late John Pauly on the New Yorker magazine. Just as importantly, these scholars take new approaches, examine different writers, and create new critical directions for future study."Norman Sims, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and author of True Stories: A Century of Literary Journalism.

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Book SynopsisEnglish for Journalists has established itself in newsrooms the world over as an invaluable guide to the basics of English and to those aspects of writing, such as reporting speech, house style and jargon, which are specific to the language of journalism. Written in a highly accessible and engaging style, English for Journalists covers the fundamentals of grammar, spelling, punctuation and journalistic writing, with all points illustrated through a series of concise and illuminating examples. The book features practical, easy-to-follow advice with examples of common mistakes and problem words. This thirtieth anniversary edition features a revised first chapter on the state of English today by author Wynford Hicks, and a chapter on writing for social media by Gavin Allen, along with an updated glossary and references.This is an essential guide to written English for practising journalists and students of journalism today.Table of ContentsIntroduction: how this book began1 English today2 Grammar: the rules3 Grammar: 10 common mistakes4 Grammar: problems and confusions5 Spelling6 Punctuation7 Reporting speech8 Style9 Social media10 Words11 Foreign words12 FiguresAppendix 1 Style guideAppendix 2 The ‘fronted adverbial’ muddleAppendix 3 Glossary of termsFurther readingIndex

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Book SynopsisFor more than 40 years politicians, activists, advocates, and individuals have been seeking ways to solve the problem of climate change. Governments and the United Nations have taken an economic path, while others seek solutions in the equality of climate justice. Taking the step from green consumer to the streets at climate summits and protest camps, as well as taking direct action recasts activists as everything from tree huggers, to domestic extremists, to ecoterrorists. Political policing and new legislation increasingly criminalizes environmental activism, supported by media reporting that recasts environmental activism as actions to be feared.Why this has happened and how activists have learned to circumvent the media's recasting is the story of Environmental Activisim and the Media: The Politics of Protest. Through media movements to persuade the moveable middle, high court challenges, and gatekeeping, activists have found ways to challenge media and politicalTable of ContentsIllustrations – Acknowledgements – List of Abbreviations – Introduction – Media Governance, EcoActivism and the Traditional Media – Environmental Governance: The Role of Environmental Activism in Contentious Politics – Recasting Environmental Activism as Criminal Dissent: Soft Power, Political Policing and the Media – “Don’t Glue Yourself to the Prime Minister!”—Millennial Media Movements and Alternative Activists’ – Activism is More Than Hits and Likes: Social Media Strategies and the Moveable Middle – Heterotopias: Retaining Power in the Space of Protest – Politics of Protest: Environmental Activism in a Heated World – Conclusion: Environmental Activism and the Media – Index.

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Book SynopsisViral Media: A Digital Production Marketing Guide for Advertisers, Journalists, and Public Relations Professionals demonstrates how to integrate multiple forms of media into a successful ad campaign, newscast, promotional event, TV show, or feature film so that the content stands out and gains attention in a world oversaturated with media.Section I provides students with an overview of the main stages of the digital media production process, discusses personnel involved at its various stages, and explains how to develop collaborative team goals and evaluate a creative concept. Section II explores the essential duties and responsibilities of a crew during the production and post-production stages, detailing production techniques, equipment usage, and necessary editing skills. Section III reveals techniques to increase word-of-mouth interest and the type of content needed to engage a target audience. Section IV outlines ethical standards of journalistic behavior. Section V features case studies of business-initiated viral marketing successes, spotlighting campaigns from Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Capital One, and more.Viral Media is well suited for undergraduate and graduate courses in mass communication, broadcasting, creative media, media studies, marketing, and film, television, and media production.

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Book SynopsisA multifaceted career-spanning collection from famed activist and journalist David Harris David Harris is a reporter, a clear-eyed idealist, an American dissident, and, as these selected pieces reveal, a writer of great character and empathy. Harris gained national recognition as an undergraduate for his opposition to the Vietnam War and was imprisoned for two years when he refused to comply with the draft. His writings trace a bright throughline of care for and attention to outsiders, the downtrodden, and those who demand change, and these eighteen pieces of long-form journalism, essays, and opinion writings remain startlingly relevant to the world we face today. This career-spanning collection of writings by an always-independent journalist follow Harris from his early days as a prominent leader of the resistance to the Vietnam War, through regular contributions to many publications, including Rolling Stone and the New York Times, and on into the twenty-first century.Born in Fresno and elected student body president of Stanford University in 1966, Harris has always had an undeniably Californian point of view—he imagines the future with an open heart and mind and pursues stories out of genuine curiosity, embedding himself among striking farmworkers, marijuana growers, the homeless on LA’s skid row, and occasionally, redwood trees. Inspiring, clarifying, and fearless, his abiding and lucid patriotism insists that our country live up to its own ideals.Trade Review“David Harris writes like Hemingway would have wanted to—hard, no tricks, pungent, but without Papa’s shoehorning his judgments on everyone’s courage and manhood into his characters’ mouths. This collection of fine pieces perfectly embodies his high moral purpose without lecture or cant. Don’t miss a word he writes.”—PETER COYOTE “This wide-ranging and incisive anthology conveys the spirit of the 1960s and ’70s.”—Publishers Weekly “The author is idealistic in that he believes that the more Americans know about themselves, the better we would be as a people. This idealism is tonic to the common ignorance in American life today. This book would be good reading for those seeking the hard life of an activist and involved citizen. Harris is a fine writer.”—San Francisco Book Review “David Harris’s new collection is a rich buffet of American life in the last few decades, with a tasty array of side dishes from other parts of the world. His curiosity is omnivorous, his sense of humor and irony constant, and his sympathies always with the outliers and the dispossessed. He has no illusions and no pretense to objectivity. I wish we had more journalists like him.”—ADAM HOCHSCHILD, author of Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes “David Harris raises a passionate voice and takes a hard look at justice and injustice in the promised land, his America. He is a writer and a crusader in a grand tradition. I am proud that he got his start at Rolling Stone, where he learned his chops and earned his stripes. His stories, and his own journey, are essential stories of our times.”—JANN WENNER “A powerful, deeply moving portrait of a generation, beautifully written and filled with wisdom and love for his country, David Harris’s My Country ’Tis of Thee should be read by every American.”—RON KOVIC, author of Born on the Fourth of July “David Harris is renowned and honored for his courage and his deep conviction for doing the right thing, no matter the consequences. But that is not only what makes this reporter’s memoir so special. Harris is a writer of sheer beauty, often elegiac; someone whose intelligence is matched by the grace of his prose. He is engaged and engaging, intimate and unpretentious. You will be at ease with the book, as he is with himself.”—SEYMOUR HERSH “Can you be charming and hard hitting at the same time? Well, after reading David Harris’s new book, I’d say definitely yes. And I’d add to the list empathy, sensual intelligence, and an apparently fearless habit of telling the truth.”—SUSAN GRIFFIN “There are journalists, there are intellectuals, and there are political activists. David Harris’s collection makes clear that he is all three, as well as brave, smart, occasionally funny, and simultaneously subversive and patriotic.”—VICTOR NAVASKYTable of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction I Picked Prison Ask a Marine Our War The Bloody End Behind America's Marijuana high Busted in Mexico The Battle of Coachella Valley Bitter Harvest The Vampires of Skid Row A Child of 'The Land' Michael Murphy and the True Home Field Advantage What Makes David Harris run? São Paulo: Megacity Metamorphosis The agony of the Kurds My Redwood Confession About the Author Note on Type

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Book SynopsisIn theory, esports should be inclusive regardless of gender, race, or ability – however, incidents in the world of esports indicate otherwise. This collection provides an examination of diversity and inclusion in esports as contributors offer a way for readers to understand the history, current issues, and potential impacts of diversity and inclusion in the industry. Through analyses of players, games, fans, and broadcasts, this book highlights the exponential growth of the industry alongside the burgeoning cultural importance of diversity and inclusion. Ultimately, Diversity and Inclusion in the Esports Industry contributes to an intersection of well-established research areas to draw new insights as the industry continues to evolve. Scholars of communication, media studies, game studies, and sociology will find this book of particular interest.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: History of Esports and Esports BroadcastsSteve Young and Mary L. ShefferChapter 2: Evolution of Game Culture in FPS EsportsSteve Young and Mary L. ShefferChapter 3: Transfixing, Transporting, and Toxic: Troubling Experiences for Gender and Racial Minorities in Esports SpacesJoshua R. Jackson. Cameron A. Panhans, and Andrew C. BillingsChapter 4: Characterizing Professional Counter-Strike: Media’s Impact on Gamer StereotypesSteve YoungChapter 5: Love and Loyalty in the Fighting Game CommunityJohn ShraderChapter 6: Unleashing the Stories of Invisible Gamers in EsportsKaterina Tovia-DufooChapter 7: Black Men, STEM, and Erasing the Digital Divide- The Need for Black Male Targeted Esport InitiativesDavid C. HughesChapter 8: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Youth Development Through Gaming and Esports: From Theory to PilotJeffrey LevineChapter 9: Esports and the Coed ApproachRachel Lin, Skye Cooley, and John McGuireChapter 10: Surviving the Competition: Ghanaian Female Video Gamers in Male-Dominated SpaceRabiu K. B. AsanteAbout the Contributors

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Book SynopsisHow censorship turned a terrible disease into an assault on rights As COVID-19 spread around the world, so did government censorship. The Infodemic lays bare not just old-fashioned censorship, but also the mechanisms of a modern brand of “censorship through noise,” which moves beyond traditional means of state control—such as the jailing of critics and restricting the flow of information—to open the floodgates of misinformation, overwhelming the public with lies and half-truths. Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney, who have traveled the world for many years defending press freedom and journalists’ rights as the directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists, chart the onslaught of COVID censorship beginning in China, through Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, and inside the Trump White House. Increased surveillance in the name of public health, the collapse of public trust in institutions, and the demise of local news reporting all contributed to help governments hijack the flow of information and usurp power. Full of vivid characters and behind the scenes accounts, The Infodemic shows how under the cover of a global pandemic, governments have undermined freedom and taken control—this new political order may be the legacy of the disease.Trade Review“At a moment when censorship and its close sibling, weaponized misinformation, are shaking the foundations of democracies around the world, Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney bring us an important dissection of that crisis—and gripping stories from its frontlines. The Infodemic is an essential record.” —Ronan Farrow, author of War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence “Timely. Urgent. Necessary.” —Dan Rather “Two advocates for journalists’ rights reveal the severe blows to free expression and democracy inflicted by world leaders’ repressive actions during the pandemic.... A sobering account of how governments have used Covid-19 as a pretext for limiting freedom.” —Kirkus Reviews “Vaccines save lives, but the damage to democracy, human rights and press freedom exacted by politicians who shamelessly exploit a global health emergency may outlive COVID itself. In this gripping and impressively reported book, two great champions of press freedom vividly recount that under-reported side of the pandemic. The Infodemic circles the globe narrating the lies, misinformation and shameless exploitation to advance their own careers by populists and autocrats. In these pages, Simon and Mahoney challenge us to begin the work of reversing the damage from extreme surveillance and restrictions to freedom once the greatest danger has passed.” —Kati Marton, author of The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel “The Infodemic is essential reading for anyone who worries about the way authoritarian leaders are using the COVID pandemic to erode further democracy around the world. Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney have been on the frontlines of the war for free press for years. This book shows us how autocrats are trying to silence independent voices when they are most needed, in the middle of an epidemic of a deadly disease and lethal disinformation.” —Patricia Campos Mello, columnist for Folha de S. Paulo and author of A Maquina do Ódio (The Hate Machine) “Joel Simon and Rob Mahoney show how authoritarians and ‘populists’ in every region of the world have taken advantage of the pandemic to poison our politics, our access to accurate information, our health and our rights. The Infodemic should be read by everyone with an interest in confronting the global threats to democracy, human rights and public health.” —David Kaye, clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, author of Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet

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Book SynopsisFar from becoming classless, Britain's elite is increasingly formed by a select group of professional egalitarians. Rather than aim to raise popular aspirations, they exploit mass taste, mass gullibility, mass spending power for their personal advancement.Trade Review'You have to read it.' Andrew Marr; 'Like a demon tenpin bowler, George Walden has eyed his target.' The Times; 'Brilliant.' Sunday Times; 'Unputdownable.' Gyles Brandreth, Good Book Guide; 'Rousing, funny.' IndependentTable of ContentsBoris Johnson Introduction 1 In Search of the Elites 2 The Misunderstood Masses 3 A Populist Oligarchy 4 The Fine English Art of Condescension 5 A Culture of Pretence 6 Pop Politics 7 Pop Media 8 Unsentimental Education 9 Late Thoughts The Prince of Hearts Index

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Book SynopsisA Guardian Science Book of the Year 2022 ‘When science hits the headlines, Fiona Fox ... is at the heart of the action’ Financial Times ‘This is how to talk about science’ Justin Webb Do you remember the ‘Climategate’ email leak? Or the ‘Frankenfood’-style headlines about the perils of GM foods? What about the time the government sacked its own science advisor for challenging drug laws? Beyond the Hype takes us behind the scenes of some of the most contentious stories in science over the past two decades. From animal research and genetically modified foods to hybrid embryos and a global pandemic, it demonstrates the vital importance of scientists talking to the media – and warns of the damage to public understanding when scientists are silenced on the defining issues of our times PRAISE FOR BEYOND THE HYPE ‘The way the media covers science stories and breakthroughs has never been more important or relevant . . . This book should be recommended reading’ Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of The Life Scientific ‘The pandemic has repeatedly shown the vital necessity for accurate reporting of science . . . Fox provides some riveting stories about the ups and downs of this continuing struggle.’ David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics ‘Engaging, illuminating, important’ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism ‘A vivid account of how journalists and scientists interact’ David Willetts, former Minister for Universities and Science ‘A lively insider’s account’ Times Literary Supplement ‘A candid inside account . . . [Fox] reveals how frontline science can be just as messy, complex and feudal as any political drama.’ Anjana Ahuja, co-author of Spike: The Virus Versus the PeopleTrade Review‘A lively insider’s account’ Times Literary Supplement ‘When science hits the headlines, Fiona Fox ... is at the heart of the action’ Financial Times ‘This is how to talk about science’ Justin Webb ‘A candid inside account . . . [Fox] reveals how frontline science can be just as messy, complex and feudal as any political drama.’ Anjana Ahuja, co-author of Spike: The Virus Versus the People ‘The way the media covers science stories and breakthroughs has never been more important or relevant . . . This book should be recommended reading’ Jim Al-Khalili, presenter of The Life Scientific ‘The pandemic has repeatedly shown the vital necessity for accurate reporting of science . . . Fox provides some riveting stories about the ups and downs of this continuing struggle.’ David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics ‘Engaging, illuminating, important’ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism ‘A vivid account of how journalists and scientists interact’ David Willetts, former Minister for Universities and Science

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