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Book SynopsisFrom fibs about royal incest in America’s first newspaper to social-media-driven conspiracy theories surrounding Barack Obama’s birthplace, Andie Tucher explores how American audiences have argued over what’s real and what’s not—and why that matters for democracy.Trade ReviewIn this artfully written account, Andie Tucher offers a sweeping history of misinformation and the American press. Most strikingly, Not Exactly Lying reveals that the present panic surrounding so-called “fake news” has missed the point: It’s the modern profusion of “fake journalism”—the appropriation of journalistic standards to serve up puffery, propaganda, and hyperpartisan fare—that is more concerning for the future of media and public life. -- Seth C. Lewis, Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media at the University of OregonNot Exactly Lying provides a beautifully written and deeply researched history of “fake news” and “fake journalism” in the United States, offering deep context for understanding our contemporary democratic crisis and the role of journalism in that crisis. Tucher takes on one of the most urgent issues of our day. -- Kathy Roberts Forde, coeditor of Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New AmericaIn exploring the various ways that fakes and falsehoods have made their way to the public as “journalism” and “news,” Tucher follows a number of trends: the evolving internal conventions of and boundaries around journalism, the introduction of new media technologies, the waxing and waning of partisan influence on and control over key news outlets, and changing public appetites for news. Not Exactly Lying shows that the enemy of good journalism is not slant but untruth. -- Michael Stamm, author of Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North AmericaTucher’s expansive history of fake journalism and fake news makes a compelling read and a powerful argument for the importance of truth in news. * American Journalism *An illuminating and extremely timely exposé. * H-Journalism History *Professional journalists and historians would be well-served to explore Not Exactly Lying to gain a greater understanding of the origins, role, and impact of fake news on the past and present. * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. “False Reports, Maliciously Made”2. “Important If True”3. “Not Exactly Lying”4. “I Believe in Faking”5. “We Did Not Call It Propaganda”6. “Nothing That Is Not Interesting Is News”7. “Why Don’t You Guys Tell the Truth Once in a While?”8. “So Goddamn Objective”9. “The Bastards Are Making It Up!”10. “Fake but Accurate”Conclusion: “A Degenerate and Perverted Monstrosity”NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFrom fibs about royal incest in America’s first newspaper to social-media-driven conspiracy theories surrounding Barack Obama’s birthplace, Andie Tucher explores how American audiences have argued over what’s real and what’s not—and why that matters for democracy.Trade ReviewIn this artfully written account, Andie Tucher offers a sweeping history of misinformation and the American press. Most strikingly, Not Exactly Lying reveals that the present panic surrounding so-called “fake news” has missed the point: It’s the modern profusion of “fake journalism”—the appropriation of journalistic standards to serve up puffery, propaganda, and hyperpartisan fare—that is more concerning for the future of media and public life. -- Seth C. Lewis, Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media at the University of OregonNot Exactly Lying provides a beautifully written and deeply researched history of “fake news” and “fake journalism” in the United States, offering deep context for understanding our contemporary democratic crisis and the role of journalism in that crisis. Tucher takes on one of the most urgent issues of our day. -- Kathy Roberts Forde, coeditor of Journalism and Jim Crow: White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New AmericaIn exploring the various ways that fakes and falsehoods have made their way to the public as “journalism” and “news,” Tucher follows a number of trends: the evolving internal conventions of and boundaries around journalism, the introduction of new media technologies, the waxing and waning of partisan influence on and control over key news outlets, and changing public appetites for news. Not Exactly Lying shows that the enemy of good journalism is not slant but untruth. -- Michael Stamm, author of Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North AmericaTucher’s expansive history of fake journalism and fake news makes a compelling read and a powerful argument for the importance of truth in news. * American Journalism *An illuminating and extremely timely exposé. * H-Journalism History *Professional journalists and historians would be well-served to explore Not Exactly Lying to gain a greater understanding of the origins, role, and impact of fake news on the past and present. * LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. “False Reports, Maliciously Made”2. “Important If True”3. “Not Exactly Lying”4. “I Believe in Faking”5. “We Did Not Call It Propaganda”6. “Nothing That Is Not Interesting Is News”7. “Why Don’t You Guys Tell the Truth Once in a While?”8. “So Goddamn Objective”9. “The Bastards Are Making It Up!”10. “Fake but Accurate”Conclusion: “A Degenerate and Perverted Monstrosity”NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAmerican Deadline brings together dispatches from four longtime local journalists in different parts of the United States that tell the story of 2020 anew.Trade ReviewAmerican Deadline offers a fresh and unique chronicle of a year we’ll never forget—2020—through the lens of four communities where newspapers have weakened or vanished. These dispatches from the front lines of democracy—communities in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia—remind us of what's lost when Americans have only national (and increasingly partisan) news sources. American Deadline reminds us that local news is never more needed than in a crisis like a pandemic. We need local news not just to hold local officials accountable but to provide a more nuanced, textured view of politics from the ground up. Communities across America have been starved of reliable local news. This book vividly illustrates the dire consequences for our democracy. -- Sewell Chan, editor in chief of The Texas TribuneFor those of us trying to bolster local news in the U.S., American Deadline offers more compelling evidence for why this coverage matters. In a series of astute, nuanced dispatches, four veteran journalists describe the same year in the life of their disparate communities after their local newsroom has withered or died. Critical elections with no candidate coverage. Rampant Covid misinformation. No government watchdogs. This is front-line reporting that’s a must read. -- Kim Kleman, executive director, Report for AmericaWell-written and comprehensive, American Deadline is a fascinating look at how the tensions that are tearing us apart at the national level also affect community life. -- Dan Kennedy, author of The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-First Century[A] unique and often heart-wrenching collaboration . . . the reporting is consistently fine-grained, evocative, and insightful. It’s a fitting testament to the value of local journalism. * Publishers Weekly *[This book] serves as a valuable resource for those unfamiliar with the lived experiences within news deserts or areas impacted by the decline of local news, while also complementing the growing body of academic work in the space. Above all, the authors compellingly demonstrate that the loss of local news profoundly affects readers. * Journalism *Those who believe that introspection is the path to progress — as I do — will be captivated by this book. -- Larry Fennelly * Macon Telegraph *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Michael Shapiro1. The Mystery of Caroline County, Virginia (Bowling Green)2. What’s Vexing Macon, Georgia? (Macon)3. Red Streets versus Blue Streets in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (McKeesport)4. Fighting the Wall Along the Rio Grande (McAllen)5. Are Democrats an Endangered Species in Caroline County? (Bowling Green)6. Yes, Dorothy, We Are Way Outside the Beltway (Macon)7. Fear and Loathing in the Time of Coronavirus (McKeesport)8. In the Rio Grande Valley, a Border Closes, and Signs of a Wall Appear as the Pandemic Spreads (McAllen)9. The Ghost of a Weekly Covers the Pandemic (Bowling Green)10. Standing on Sinking Sand, Living in Limbo (Macon)11. Transparency in a Time of Pandemic (McKeesport)12. COVID-19 Has Changed How We Report Stories on the Border (McAllen)13. How the Pandemic Is Playing in Rural Virginia (Bowling Green)14. A Good Idea at the Time (Macon)15. In Towns Like McKeesport, the Future Was Already Precarious. Then Came Coronavirus. (McKeesport)16. Saving Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Extends Beyond Political Boundaries (McAllen)17. At the Edge of a Pandemic, Its Direction Unknown (Bowling Green)18. Dirty Politics in the Digital Age (Macon)19. How Facebook Has Undermined Communal Conversation in McKeesport (McKeesport)20. South Texas Was Reopening. Now COVID-19 Is Roaring Back. (McAllen)21. Racism, Confederate Statues, and the View from Frog Level, Virginia (Bowling Green)22. Macon–Bibb County Votes While a Nation Protests (Macon)23. “McAllen and South Texas Need Help Now” (McAllen)24. When a Newspaper Dies, What Fills the Void? (Bowling Green)25. To School or Not to School—a Burning Question (Macon)26. What Will “Normal” Mean After COVID-19? (McKeesport)27. South Texas Is a Bad Algorithm Right Now (McAllen)28. In Rural Virginia, a Tale of Two Congressional Districts (Bowling Green)29. A Local Election, School Reopenings, and the Pandemic (Macon)30. Will Western Pennsylvania Become a String of Ghost Towns? (McKeesport)31. Where Are the Campaign Signs and the Politiqueras? (McAllen)32. A Confederate Soldier Moves On (Bowling Green)33. Macon–Bibb County and the Unrelenting Shock of COVID-19 (Macon)34. Will the Sons of Steelworkers See Trump’s COVID-19 Behavior as Strong or Reckless? (McKeesport)35. Counting on Next Year Being Much Better (McAllen)36. Election Day ApproachesPostscript: January 20, 2021Index

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Book SynopsisAmerican Deadline brings together dispatches from four longtime local journalists in different parts of the United States that tell the story of 2020 anew.Trade ReviewAmerican Deadline offers a fresh and unique chronicle of a year we’ll never forget—2020—through the lens of four communities where newspapers have weakened or vanished. These dispatches from the front lines of democracy—communities in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia—remind us of what's lost when Americans have only national (and increasingly partisan) news sources. American Deadline reminds us that local news is never more needed than in a crisis like a pandemic. We need local news not just to hold local officials accountable but to provide a more nuanced, textured view of politics from the ground up. Communities across America have been starved of reliable local news. This book vividly illustrates the dire consequences for our democracy. -- Sewell Chan, editor in chief of The Texas TribuneFor those of us trying to bolster local news in the U.S., American Deadline offers more compelling evidence for why this coverage matters. In a series of astute, nuanced dispatches, four veteran journalists describe the same year in the life of their disparate communities after their local newsroom has withered or died. Critical elections with no candidate coverage. Rampant Covid misinformation. No government watchdogs. This is front-line reporting that’s a must read. -- Kim Kleman, executive director, Report for AmericaWell-written and comprehensive, American Deadline is a fascinating look at how the tensions that are tearing us apart at the national level also affect community life. -- Dan Kennedy, author of The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-First Century[A] unique and often heart-wrenching collaboration . . . the reporting is consistently fine-grained, evocative, and insightful. It’s a fitting testament to the value of local journalism. * Publishers Weekly *[This book] serves as a valuable resource for those unfamiliar with the lived experiences within news deserts or areas impacted by the decline of local news, while also complementing the growing body of academic work in the space. Above all, the authors compellingly demonstrate that the loss of local news profoundly affects readers. * Journalism *Those who believe that introspection is the path to progress — as I do — will be captivated by this book. -- Larry Fennelly * Macon Telegraph *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Michael Shapiro1. The Mystery of Caroline County, Virginia (Bowling Green)2. What’s Vexing Macon, Georgia? (Macon)3. Red Streets versus Blue Streets in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (McKeesport)4. Fighting the Wall Along the Rio Grande (McAllen)5. Are Democrats an Endangered Species in Caroline County? (Bowling Green)6. Yes, Dorothy, We Are Way Outside the Beltway (Macon)7. Fear and Loathing in the Time of Coronavirus (McKeesport)8. In the Rio Grande Valley, a Border Closes, and Signs of a Wall Appear as the Pandemic Spreads (McAllen)9. The Ghost of a Weekly Covers the Pandemic (Bowling Green)10. Standing on Sinking Sand, Living in Limbo (Macon)11. Transparency in a Time of Pandemic (McKeesport)12. COVID-19 Has Changed How We Report Stories on the Border (McAllen)13. How the Pandemic Is Playing in Rural Virginia (Bowling Green)14. A Good Idea at the Time (Macon)15. In Towns Like McKeesport, the Future Was Already Precarious. Then Came Coronavirus. (McKeesport)16. Saving Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge Extends Beyond Political Boundaries (McAllen)17. At the Edge of a Pandemic, Its Direction Unknown (Bowling Green)18. Dirty Politics in the Digital Age (Macon)19. How Facebook Has Undermined Communal Conversation in McKeesport (McKeesport)20. South Texas Was Reopening. Now COVID-19 Is Roaring Back. (McAllen)21. Racism, Confederate Statues, and the View from Frog Level, Virginia (Bowling Green)22. Macon–Bibb County Votes While a Nation Protests (Macon)23. “McAllen and South Texas Need Help Now” (McAllen)24. When a Newspaper Dies, What Fills the Void? (Bowling Green)25. To School or Not to School—a Burning Question (Macon)26. What Will “Normal” Mean After COVID-19? (McKeesport)27. South Texas Is a Bad Algorithm Right Now (McAllen)28. In Rural Virginia, a Tale of Two Congressional Districts (Bowling Green)29. A Local Election, School Reopenings, and the Pandemic (Macon)30. Will Western Pennsylvania Become a String of Ghost Towns? (McKeesport)31. Where Are the Campaign Signs and the Politiqueras? (McAllen)32. A Confederate Soldier Moves On (Bowling Green)33. Macon–Bibb County and the Unrelenting Shock of COVID-19 (Macon)34. Will the Sons of Steelworkers See Trump’s COVID-19 Behavior as Strong or Reckless? (McKeesport)35. Counting on Next Year Being Much Better (McAllen)36. Election Day ApproachesPostscript: January 20, 2021Index

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Book SynopsisThe Best American Magazine Writing 2023 features a selection of articles honored by this year’s National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media.Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Natasha Pearlman, executive editor, GlamourAcknowledgmentsThe Battle for Baby L., by Rozina Ali, New York Times MagazineShe Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?, by Samantha Michaels, Mother JonesAristocrat Inc., by Natalie So, The BelieverMonuments to the Unthinkable, by Clint Smith, The AtlanticThe Landlord and the Tenant, by Raquel Rutledge and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica and Milwaukee Journal SentinelDeath Sentence, by Nicholas Florko, StatThe Time to Pass Paid Leave Is Now, by Natasha Pearlman, GlamourA Post-Roe Threat and The Post-Roe Era and Is Abortion Sacred?, by Jia Tolentino, New YorkerWe Need to Take Away Children, by Caitlin Dickerson, The AtlanticThe Militiamen, the Governor, and the Kidnapping That Wasn’t, by Chris Heath, EsquireHow a Nepo Baby Is Born, by Nate Jones, New YorkTinder Hearted, by Allison P. Davis, New YorkAcid Church, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Stranger’s Guide“She’s Capital!”, by Namwali Serpell, New York Review of BooksViola Davis, Inside Out, by Jazmine Hughes, New York Times MagazineLight and Shadow, by Raffi Khatchadourian, New YorkerWinter Term, by Michelle de Kretser, Paris ReviewUntold, by Tom Junod and Paula Lavigne, ESPN DigitalPermissionsList of Contributors

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Book SynopsisThe Best American Magazine Writing 2023 features a selection of articles honored by this year’s National Magazine Awards for Print and Digital Media.Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Natasha Pearlman, executive editor, GlamourAcknowledgmentsThe Battle for Baby L., by Rozina Ali, New York Times MagazineShe Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?, by Samantha Michaels, Mother JonesAristocrat Inc., by Natalie So, The BelieverMonuments to the Unthinkable, by Clint Smith, The AtlanticThe Landlord and the Tenant, by Raquel Rutledge and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica and Milwaukee Journal SentinelDeath Sentence, by Nicholas Florko, StatThe Time to Pass Paid Leave Is Now, by Natasha Pearlman, GlamourA Post-Roe Threat and The Post-Roe Era and Is Abortion Sacred?, by Jia Tolentino, New YorkerWe Need to Take Away Children, by Caitlin Dickerson, The AtlanticThe Militiamen, the Governor, and the Kidnapping That Wasn’t, by Chris Heath, EsquireHow a Nepo Baby Is Born, by Nate Jones, New YorkTinder Hearted, by Allison P. Davis, New YorkAcid Church, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Stranger’s Guide“She’s Capital!”, by Namwali Serpell, New York Review of BooksViola Davis, Inside Out, by Jazmine Hughes, New York Times MagazineLight and Shadow, by Raffi Khatchadourian, New YorkerWinter Term, by Michelle de Kretser, Paris ReviewUntold, by Tom Junod and Paula Lavigne, ESPN DigitalPermissionsList of Contributors

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Palmer] is on to something as she as she examines how Western audiences and readers are encouraged to empathize with war correspondents as heroes, victims, or martyrs."--The New York Review of Books "A worthy contribution to the scholarly literature on media, war, and conflict. It should be required reading for scholars and students of journalism and political communication. It adds significant depth to our understanding of how reporters are affected by nationalistic and neoliberal business motives in their reporting of international events." --Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly "Becoming the Story is a valuable addition to the field of critical media studies, journalism history, and twenty-first-century military history." --H-Net Reviews"In most academic studies of post-9/11 war reporting, the challenges and risks that the ‘conflict correspondents’ face often get insufficient attention. Lindsay Palmer’s pioneering and commendable study fills a gap in journalism scholarship. Highly recommended."--Daya Kishan Thussu, author of News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death,' the late foreign correspondent Marie Colvin observed, 'and trying to bear witness' in order to 'find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda.' Lindsay Palmer’s book honors this commitment, offering us a rigorously perceptive assessment of war reporting over the first decade since the September 11 attacks. Its case studies draw upon analyses of the news coverage, as well as extensive interviews with correspondents and their editors, to present important insights into what gets reported, how and why. Essential reading."--Stuart Allan, author of Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-operation, Collaboration and Connectivity

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Book SynopsisThe September 11 attacks produced great changes in journalism and the lives of the people who practiced it. Foreign reporters felt surrounded by the hate of American colleagues for the enemy. Americans in combat areas became literal targets of antiU.S. sentiment. Behind the lines, editors and bureau chiefs scrambled to reorient priorities while feeling the pressure of sending others into danger. Becoming the Story examines the transformation of war reporting in the decade after 9/11. Lindsay Palmer delves into times when print or television correspondents themselves received intense public scrutiny because of an incident associated with the work of war reporting. Such instances include Daniel Pearl's kidnapping and murder; Bob Woodruff's near-fatal injury in Iraq; the expulsions of Maziar Bahari and Nazila Fathi from Iran in 2009; the sexual assault of Lara Logan; and Marie Colvin's 2012 death in Syria. Merging analysis with in-depth interviews of Woodruff and others, Palmer shows whatTrade Review"[Palmer] is on to something as she as she examines how Western audiences and readers are encouraged to empathize with war correspondents as heroes, victims, or martyrs."--The New York Review of Books "A worthy contribution to the scholarly literature on media, war, and conflict. It should be required reading for scholars and students of journalism and political communication. It adds significant depth to our understanding of how reporters are affected by nationalistic and neoliberal business motives in their reporting of international events." --Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly "Becoming the Story is a valuable addition to the field of critical media studies, journalism history, and twenty-first-century military history." --H-Net Reviews"In most academic studies of post-9/11 war reporting, the challenges and risks that the ‘conflict correspondents’ face often get insufficient attention. Lindsay Palmer’s pioneering and commendable study fills a gap in journalism scholarship. Highly recommended."--Daya Kishan Thussu, author of News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment"Covering a war means going to places torn by chaos, destruction and death,' the late foreign correspondent Marie Colvin observed, 'and trying to bear witness' in order to 'find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda.' Lindsay Palmer’s book honors this commitment, offering us a rigorously perceptive assessment of war reporting over the first decade since the September 11 attacks. Its case studies draw upon analyses of the news coverage, as well as extensive interviews with correspondents and their editors, to present important insights into what gets reported, how and why. Essential reading."--Stuart Allan, author of Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-operation, Collaboration and Connectivity

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Book SynopsisAs Matthew Pressmanâs timely history reveals, during the turbulent 1960s and 70s the core values that held the news industry together broke apart and the distinctive characteristics of contemporary American print journalism emerged. Simply reporting the facts was no longer enough as reporters recognized a need to interpret events for their readers.Trade ReviewThe stories behind the stories are often more interesting than the stories themselves. On Press is the ultimate story behind all the stories. In tracing the evolution of news over the past half century, Matthew Pressman has produced an account that’s deeply historical and not a little troubling. In an age when the press is alternately villain or hero, Pressman serves as a kind of medicine man of journalism, telling us how we got from there to here and warning us what must change. -- Graydon Carter, former editor of Vanity FairMatthew Pressman helps us understand how we came to our current, troubled media moment with his deeply researched, engagingly written history of America’s press in the 1960s and ’70s. This is an important and original contribution—and a needed one. -- Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the Washington PostMy prayers for a new way to think about the so-called crisis over ‘trust’ in the press have been answered thanks to media scholar Matthew Pressman’s erudite new history…Pressman’s framing helps explain President Donald Trump’s broadsides against what he calls the ‘fake news’ and why measurements of trust in the news profession decline almost every time Gallup fires up a new poll. -- Jack Shafer * Politico *Pressman details…the competing pressures [that] forced journalists to fundamentally recalibrate their work, reconsidering in turn core values like objectivity…[As] Pressman argues, it was a once-in-a-century sea change that both ushered in journalism as it’s understood today and foreshadowed the press corps’ current predicament. -- David Uberti * The Nation *Pressman shows…there was a purpose behind the old ideas of ‘objectivity’ and ‘fairness.’ At their best, journalists examine questions of genuine importance and offer citizens a chance to hear competing arguments on various sides of the issues at stake. This task includes pointing out when claims are at odds with the facts. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr. * Washington Post *[A] really smart, trenchant look at the way that the news media has changed…Remarkable. -- Natalia Petrzela * Past Present podcast *I very much recommend [On Press]…It’s about the rise of explanatory reporting, the changeover from journalism as really a kind of stenography, where they’re just reprinting speeches and press releases…to more interpretive reporting…Really terrific. -- Ezra Klein * Ezra Klein Show *Well-researched, lucid, and engaging, On Press helps us understand attitudes toward the mass media (and, especially, financially strapped and embattled newspapers) in the Age of Trump. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Psychology Today *Something dramatic changed in American journalism between 1960 and 1980, claims Matthew Pressman. Instead of just a bald catalogue of what politicians and officials were doing and saying, news coverage…began to reflect a distinctive set of values…On Press explores this decisive liberal turn and its enduring impact down to today. * Times Higher Education *An original, deeply researched, and engaging examination of the fundamental changes in American journalism from the 1960s up to the rise of the digital. An indispensable work. -- Michael Schudson, author of Why Journalism Still MattersAn excellent account of where journalism has been, is now, and possibly will go in the twenty-first century. Pressman deftly demonstrates how print journalists decided that reporting the facts was no longer sufficient in an electronic age where interpretation and analysis of events were desperately needed. -- Joe Saltzman, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern CaliforniaImpressively well-researched…Presents a logical and compelling look at journalism past and present. -- Catherine Ramsdell * PopMatters *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an outstanding book, the product of careful thinking, of remarkable and painstaking gathering of data on investigative reporting—past and present—that no one in academia or in journalism has ever undertaken before. It is a moving, evidence-based affirmation of the value of journalism to democracy. -- Michael Schudson, Columbia UniversityIn riveting detail, Hamilton meticulously examines the storied history of investigative journalism in America, chronicles its current malaise, and makes a convincing case that pouring resources into gumshoe reporting makes economic sense for sclerotic news organizations. Why? Because readers hunger for more of it and are willing to pay to read it. -- Walter V. Robinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and Editor-at-Large at the Boston GlobeProvides an extraordinarily precise and painstaking examination of the state of investigative journalism in the United States. Using a wide array of statistical measures and a case study of Pat Stith, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The News and Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, Hamilton demonstrates that investigative reporting (involving original work about important issues that someone wants to keep secret) costing thousands of dollars can produce millions of dollars in benefits to society. And Hamilton issues an urgent warning that this essential public service is underprovided in the market. His book should command the attention of every citizen who is concerned about the implications for our democracy when sunlight, which is the best disinfectant against corruption and incompetence, is obscured and blocked. -- Glenn C. Altschuler * Huffington Post *A highly original look at exactly what the subtitle promises…Has this topic ever been more important than this year? -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *Bracing. -- Rick Edmonds * Poynter *By bringing the economist’s eye to the business of investigative journalism, Hamilton sharpens our appreciation of the craft as he explores its history, the motivations publishers have to fund the work, and the cash benefits investigations pay out. -- Jack Shafer * Reason *Hamilton provides what is likely the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the economics of investigative journalism yet conducted…Democracy’s Detectives is essential reading for anyone interested in the economics of news, and it is a master class in methodological creativity and ingenuity in conducting social science research. -- Philip M. Napoli * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *[A] terrific new book. -- Sam Lebovic * Los Angeles Review of Books *Hamilton’s book presents a thoughtful and detailed case for the indispensability of investigative journalism—and just at the time when we needed it. Now more than ever, reporters can play an essential role as society’s watchdogs, working to expose corruption, greed, and injustice of the years to come. For this reason, Democracy’s Detectives should be taken as both a call to arms and a bracing reminder, for readers and journalists alike, of the importance of the profession. -- Anya Schiffrin * The Nation *

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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 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 SynopsisIn the context of profound transformations in the professional, business, technological and social context of journalism, it is crucial for journalism studies and education to move beyond limited approaches to the discipline. Among the most significant changes affecting journalism worldwide is the emergence of startup culture, as more and more journalists strike out on their own. In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge combine extensive global and comparative fieldwork. Through rich case studies of journalism startups around the world, they provide deep insight into the promises and pitfalls of media entrepreneurship. Ultimately, they aim to recognize new and emerging voices as legitimate participants in the discourse about what journalism is, can be and should be. A bold manifesto as well as an in-depth empirical study, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism, media, communication, and related disciplines.Trade Review“In this insightful and engaging exploration of journalism startups and the people behind them, Deuze and Witschge break from narrow disciplinary boundaries in much the same way their subjects have broken from occupational ones. A must-read for anyone interested in the many forms contemporary journalism is taking, and the ‘rascals and rebels’ leading the way.”Jane Singer, City, University of London “To go beyond journalism, these scholars contest tacit assumptions about journalism and journalism studies, arguing that journalism has never been stable but is always becoming. Enter, then, this research on journalism startups, exemplary of how journalism as becoming is both praxis and ideology.”Nikki Usher, University of Illinois “In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge have seized upon the exciting energy felt among journalists who are working beyond the confines of traditional newsrooms.”Hyperallergic“Students, scholars, and professionals interested in journalism and entrepreneurship may find this book of interest.”Communication Booknotes Quarterly Table of ContentsPrologue: The Beyond Journalism Project Introduction: What is Journalism (Studies)? 1 The Becoming of Journalism 2 Setting the Scene: Startups 3 Stories from the Heart 4 Making it Work 5 Stories that Matter Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisGoldwin Smith, controversialist, reformer, and prolific journalist, was an early prophet of the British Commonwealth, and one of the first advocates of English-speaking union. Though not a markedly original thinker or political philosopher, he was an intelligent liberal and on many subjects a representative Victorian, who speculated with unflagging interest on the problems of his day. Born and bred in England, domiciled for many years in Canada, and a frequent visitor to the United States, he had numerous friends in all three countries. He was for six years Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, and for two years Professor of English and Constitutional History at Cornell University.Smith’s ideas, disseminated during his lifetime in more than two hundred journals, reflected strains characteristic of nineteenth-century thought, and in particular the Victorian concern about questions raised by the two great forces of democracy and imperialism. He analysed in lucid

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Book SynopsisMediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter. By exploring how intimacy is constructed through different media texts, the authors consider which ideas and practices these changing forms of 'sexpertise' open up, and which they close down. The book reveals the intimate operation of power in mediated advice, how words and images, stories and sound can work to shore up social injustice. It critically engages with the ideas of choice and responsibility in sex self-help, arguing that these can obscure and/or justify oppression, even if they're sometimes experienced as empowering and/or pleasurable. This bold and incisive book provides a radical challenge to the assumptions underlying the sex advice industry, and presents a critical, collaborative and consensual vision for sex advice of the future.Trade Review"At a time when the field of sexual discourse is often characterized as unbounded we may fail to notice the structuring operations of new normativities. This exceptionally readable book tracks fraught concepts of intimacy as they arise in a range of media forms, and a period of more overt transactionalism and heavy cultural emphasis on production of the sexually desirable, sexually agentic self. The authors' meticulous and rigorous account of public discourses of sexual intimacy is a considerable achievement."—Diane Negra, University College Dublin "Investigating the varied dimensions of mediating our intimate lives, this brilliant book provides a far-reaching analysis of contemporary forms of sex advice, from sex television to sex apps and more. Importantly, Mediated Intimacy not only examines the contemporary media landscape, but it is also a guide for readers to create sex-critical advice on their own, using creative and thought-provoking examples for challenging conventional norms and practices about sexual intimacies."—Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi 1 Mediated Intimacy: Sex Advice in Media Culture 1 2 History of Mediated Sex Advice 30 3 Gender, Sexuality and the Body in the Media 51 4 Being Normal 83 5 Work and Entrepreneurship 107 6 Pleasure 132 7 Safety and Risk 153 8 Communication and Consent 176 9 Conclusions 202 References 226 Index 261

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Book SynopsisIn a speech opening the nineteenth Chinese Communist Party Congress meeting in October 2017, President Xi Jinping spoke of a 'New Era' characterized by new types of communication convergence between the government, Party, and state media. His speech signaled that the role of the media is now more important than ever in cultivating the Party's image at home and disseminating it abroad. Indeed, communication technologies, people, and platforms are converging in new ways around the world, not just in China. This process raises important questions about information flows, control, and regulation that directly affect the future of US-China relations. Just a year before Xi proclaimed the New Era, scholars had convened in Beijing at a conference cohosted by the Communication University of China and the US-based National Communication Association to address these questions. How do China and the United States envision each other, and how do our interlinked imaginaries create both opportunities for and obstacles to greater understanding and strengthened relations? Would the convergence of new media technologies, Party control, and emerging notions of netizenship in China lead to a new age of opening and reform, greater Party domination, or perhaps some new and intriguing combination of repression and freedom? Communication Convergence in Contemporary China presents international perspectives on US-China relations in this New Era with case studies that offer readers informative snapshots of how these relations are changing on the ground, in the lived realities of our daily communication habits.Trade ReviewMedia convergence is well-known as a concept, but as a historical process, it is complicated by changing social contexts. This volume studies media convergence in China while making sensitive comparisons with the United States. The result is an engaging comparative study that illuminates the concrete processes of media convergence and fragmentation in both countries. This is an important contribution to the study of global communication as well as media politics in China." - Guobin Yang, Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

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Book SynopsisLiterary journalism’s origins can be traced to the nineteenth century, when it developed alongside the era’s sentimental literature. Combining fact-based reporting with the sentimentality of popular fiction, literary journalism encouraged readers to empathize with subjects by presenting more nuanced and engaging stories than typical news coverage. While women writers were central to the formation and ongoing significance of the genre, literary journalism scholarship has largely ignored their contributions. How the News Feels re-centers the work of a range of writers who were active from the nineteenth century until today, including Catharine Williams, Margaret Fuller, Nellie Bly, Winifred Black, Zora Neale Hurston, Joan Didion, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, and Alexis Okeowo. Offering intimate access to their subjects’ thoughts, motivations, and yearnings, these journalists encouraged readers to empathize with society’s outcasts, from asylum inmates and murder suspects to “fallen women” and the working poor. As this carefully researched study shows, these writers succeeded in defining and developing the genre of literary journalism, with stories that inspire action, engender empathy, and narrow the gap between writer, subject, and audience.Trade Review “How the News Feels is a pleasure to read due to Fitzgerald’s lucid, engaging, animated, and clear writing style. At the same time, it also makes a significant contribution to its field by expanding scholarly understanding of sentimentalism as not just a style but an ethos—an ethos that has significantly shaped the genre of literary journalism through the work of generations of woman and nonbinary writers.”—Laura R. Fisher, author of Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era

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Book SynopsisBefore newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force, especially in Australia – a country of newspaper giants and kingmakers.This magisterial book reveals who owned Australia’s newspapers and how they used them to wield political power. A corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years, it explains how Australia’s media system came to be dominated by a handful of empires and powerful family dynasties. Many are household names, even now: Murdoch, Fairfax, Symes, Packer. Written with verve and insight and showing unparalleled command of a vast range of sources, Sally Young shows how newspaper owners influenced policy-making, lobbied and bullied politicians, and shaped internal party politics.The book begins in 1803 with Australia’s first newspaper owner – a convict who became a wealthy bank owner – giving the industry a blend of notoriety, power and wealth from the start. Throughout the twentieth century, Australians were unaware that they were reading newspapers owned by secret bankrupts and failed land boomers, powerful mining magnates, Underbelly-style gangsters, bankers, and corporate titans. It ends with the downfall of Menzies in 1941 and his conviction that a handful of press barons brought him down. The intervening years are packed with political drama, business machinations and a struggle for readers, all while peddling power and influence. It’s an ambitious media and political history, the likes of whichhaven’t been undertaken before in Australia. Explores some of the most interesting and important episodes andrelationships from the birth of the Australian newspaper industryto the 1940s. Newspapers purport to hold the powerful to account but are rarelyheld to account about their own history and influence Sally Young is one of Australia’s leading media historians, and this is a magisterial work Packed with colourful detail, ambitious, grasping characters

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Book SynopsisIn 1941, the paper emperors of the Australian newspaper industry helped bring down Robert Menzies. Over the next 30 years, they grew into media monsters.This book reveals the transformation from the golden age of newspapers during World War II, through Menzies' return and the rise of television, to Gough Whitlam's 'It's Time' victory in 1972.During this crucial period, twelve independent newspaper companies turned into a handful of multimedia giants. They controlled newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. Their size and reach was unique in the western world.Playing politics was vital to this transformation. The newspaper industry was animated by friendships and rivalries, favours and deals, and backed by money and influence, including from mining companies, banks and the Catholic Church.Even internationally, Australia's newspaper owners and executives were considered a shrewd and ruthless bunch. The hard men of the industry included Rupert Murdoch, Frank Packer, Warwick Fairfax's top executive Rupert Henderson, and Jack Williams, the unsung empire builder of the Herald and Weekly Times.In Media Monsters, Sally Young, the award-winning author of Paper Emperors, uncovers the key players, their political connections and campaigns, and their corporate failures and triumphs. She explores how the companies they ran influenced the Australia we know today.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a thorough analysis of newspaper language from a regional and functional perspective. Based on a collection of 4,000 newspaper articles from five English-speaking regions and five different news domains, it discusses the benefit of register analysis in a systemic functional framework to comparing varieties and determining their developmental status. For this purpose, it starts with revisiting the states of the art in the fields of media studies, text analysis and variational studies, and then combines the three strands to result in an operationalization of register parameters and thus the basis for the analysis. The results are presented for each parameter as well as in terms of correlations, and are visualized frequently. After a discussion of the findings, the work considers their implications for the theory and method as well as the author's ideas for enhancements and future research.Table of ContentsPart I: Theory 1. Regional and Functional Variation 2. Varieties of English – Concepts and Previous Work 3. The Role of News and its Language 4. A Functional Approach to Variation in English Part II: Methodology 5. Defining Register for a Quantitative Analysis 6. Corpus Design Part III: Results and What to Learn from Them 7. Field of Discourse 8. Tenor of Discourse 9. Mode of Discourse 10. Regional and Functional Variation – What do we Learn? 11. Concluding Remarks Appendix 1: Top 10 Keywords Appendix 2: Top 20 Place References per Variety Appendix 3: Ranges and Deviations

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a thorough analysis of newspaper language from a regional and functional perspective. Based on a collection of 4,000 newspaper articles from five English-speaking regions and five different news domains, it discusses the benefit of register analysis in a systemic functional framework to comparing varieties and determining their developmental status. For this purpose, it starts with revisiting the states of the art in the fields of media studies, text analysis and variational studies, and then combines the three strands to result in an operationalization of register parameters and thus the basis for the analysis. The results are presented for each parameter as well as in terms of correlations, and are visualized frequently. After a discussion of the findings, the work considers their implications for the theory and method as well as the author's ideas for enhancements and future research.Table of ContentsPart I: Theory 1. Regional and Functional Variation 2. Varieties of English – Concepts and Previous Work 3. The Role of News and its Language 4. A Functional Approach to Variation in English Part II: Methodology 5. Defining Register for a Quantitative Analysis 6. Corpus Design Part III: Results and What to Learn from Them 7. Field of Discourse 8. Tenor of Discourse 9. Mode of Discourse 10. Regional and Functional Variation – What do we Learn? 11. Concluding Remarks Appendix 1: Top 10 Keywords Appendix 2: Top 20 Place References per Variety Appendix 3: Ranges and Deviations

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Trade Review"Die ausfuhrliche Darstellung Petersons erlaubt dem Leser so viel Einblick in die Materie, dass er auch zu eigenen Einschatzungen kommen kann. Die Lekture dieses Buches ist zweifellos fur alle am Thema Interessierten ein Gewinn."Aufbau Nr. 8 (8.4.1988)

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