Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 35 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCommunicationPolitical CommunicationMass CommunicationMedia StudiesPolitical JournalismJournalism CriticismJournalism StudiesJournalistic EthicsNews GatheringNews MediaPublic Affairs ReportingAgenda Setting In ReportingAmerican JournalismCivic JournalismFirst Amendment AdjudicationJournalistic ProfessionalismMedia Coverage Of PoliticsNewspaper JournalismPolitical News Coverage
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I.The Why. Why We Have a First Amendment. Conflicting Visions of Democracy. The Evolution of Journalism. What the Public Needs to Know. Three Publics for the News. Technology and the New Millennium. Part II.The What. Sampling the News. Framing Stories and Positioning Citizens. Positioning Ourselves as Journalists. Deliberation. Elections. Polling--Use and Abuse. A Map of the Future.