{"product_id":"partisan-journalism-a-history-of-media-bias-in-the-united-states-communication-media-and-politics-9781442225930","title":"Partisan Journalism A History of Media Bias in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Partisan Journalism, Kuypers guides readers on a journey through American journalistic history, focusing on the warring notions of objectivity and partisanship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does one even begin to open a scholarly discussion of news media bias in a landscape that has become so proliferated with bias that it now has its own category, 'partisan journalism'? This is the challenge for educators and students, and Kuypers starts by leading readers through the highly partisan roots of US newspapers' initial popularity surge (in the 1820s). He shows how the party presses of the medium's nascent days were not unlike Fox News or MSNBC today. (Objectivity, one learns, arose from scientific empiricism and good business: a practical, inoffensive way to serve large, diverse audiences.) Kuypers's clearheaded, highly insightful, and deeply researched volume takes the reader through all the ages of US journalism--through wars, presidents, and the ebb and flow of various media platforms. He even devotes a full chapter to the rise of alternative media. Partisan Journalism, which culminates with a chapter titled 'The 2010 and 2012 Elections,' is an extremely valuable and highly readable resource. Kuypers's examination is thorough, historically potent, and enlightening. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eA major strength of this book is the sheer volume of data to back up his claims.... [I]t is very good scholarship. * Communication Research Trends *\u003cbr\u003eIn Partisan Journalism: A History of Media Bias in the United States, Jim Kuypers has written one of those rare books that is designed to actually stimulate thought among scholars, news professionals and the news reading\/viewing (and now tweeting and blogging) public. His analysis of the origins, rise, variations and modern incarnations of the partisan press is both scrupulously detailed and wittily pointed. More than just a history or a critique, Kuypers explains and contextualizes events, ideas and people who shaped our modern media world. The book will—I hope—incite controversy and counter-argument and thus spur a renewed debate on what constitutes a free and fair press in a representative republic. -- David D. Perlmutter, Dean and Professor of the College of Media \u0026amp; Communication, Texas Tech University, and author of Blogwars: The New Political Battleground\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Rise of a Partisan Press: News was not always “News” Chapter 2. Profits, Partisanship, and a War: The “Revolution in Journalism” Chapter 3. A Golden Age of Objective Journalism? Chapter 4. Three Presidents and a War Chapter 5. Beyond Nixon: Growth of the Partisan Press Chapter 6. Pushing Their Polls Chapter 7. The Rise of the Alternate News Media in Radio and Internet Chapter 8. Journalistic Values and Biased Reporting Chapter 9. The Clinton Manipulation and a Declining Press Chapter 10.  Bush and Election 2000: We Spin, You Figure It Out Chapter 11. Obama 2008 and the Contemporary Establishment News Media Chapter 12. The 2010 and 2012 Elections","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529990250839,"sku":"9781442225930","price":70.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442225930.jpg?v=1731877652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/partisan-journalism-a-history-of-media-bias-in-the-united-states-communication-media-and-politics-9781442225930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}