Description
Book SynopsisDesigned to engage, inspire, and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, this textbookânow in its fourth editionâintroduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy.
From the First Amendment to Facebook, this popular textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique. Authors Stephanie Craft, Charles N. Davis, and Joy Jenkins cover the profession's ethical and legal foundations, its historical and modern precepts, the economic landscape of journalism, the relationships among journalism and other social institutions, and the key issues and challenges that contemporary journalists face. They also discuss the current ambiguities and transitionsâeconomic and technologicalâoccurring in the field, from nonprofit news sites to social mediaâs effects on journalism.
Filled with relevant case studies, exercises, and discussion questions that encourage critica
