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Book SynopsisWhen we encounter a news story, why do we accept its version of events? Matt Carlson weaves together journalists’ relationships with their audiences, sources, technologies, and critics to present a new model for understanding journalism as a relationship while advocating for practices we need in an age of fake news and shifting norms.
Trade ReviewThe most comprehensive statement about journalistic authority I have ever read-bar none. Journalistic Authority fills a gaping hole in the scholarship and will be cited as an important and significant work in the field going forward. -- Sue Robinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Matt Carlson unpacks the historical, philosophical, and embodied linkages between professionalism and authority, and, in what amounts to a major contribution, assesses the present state of journalistic authority. Among the book's many strengths is its very generous and catholic embrace of literatures from a broad swath of disciplines-sociology, political science, philosophy, history, and, of course, communication, journalism, and media studies. -- Linda Steiner, University of Maryland
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Many Relationships of Journalism Part I. Foundations of Journalistic Authority 1. Professionalism as Privilege and Distance: Journalistic Identity 2. Texts and Textual Authority: Forms of Journalism 3. Telling Stories About Themselves: Journalism's Narratives Part II. Journalistic Authority in Context 4. Recognizing Journalistic Authority: The Public's Opinion 5. Legitimating Knowledge Through Knowers: News Sources 6. Mediating Authority: The Technologies of Journalism 7. Challenging Journalistic Authority: The Role of Media Criticism Conclusion: The Politics of Journalistic Authority Notes Index
