{"product_id":"journalistic-authority-9780231174459","title":"Journalistic Authority","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864256033111,"sku":"9780231174459","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231174459.jpg?v=1722271096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/journalistic-authority-9780231174459","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}