A History of News by Mitchell Stephens
What is news? Why are we so eager to exchange it? Why does it so often seem sensational? How does the way news is gathered and presented affect our politics and our lives? A History of News, Third Edition, provides an extended, international history of journalism that ranges from preliterate societies to the digital age. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of news and provides unique insights into contemporary journalism. Author Mitchell Stephens, an accomplished writer and media critic, analyzes news in all of its manifestations--spoken, written, visual and digital--from an international perspective.For the third edition, Stephens has broadened the scope of the book's international coverage, expanded the section on television news, increased coverage of women and minorities and added new material on the Internet and the digital revolution. The book also features an updated timeline, questions at the end of each chapter and new boxes, many of which underline connections between older news systems and issues in contemporary journalism.
MITCHELL STEPHENS, a journalism professor at New York University's Carter Institute, is the author of A History of News, a New York Times notable book of the year. Stephens has also published a number of other works about journalism and the media, including Beyond News: The Future of Journalism and The Rise of the Image and the Fall of the Word. Imagine There's No Heaven: How Atheism Contributed to the Creation of the Modern World was also released by him. Stephens was a fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center. He shares Lowell Thomas' passion for travel and has had the honor of following in his footsteps across Colorado, Alaska, the Yukon, Europe, Arabia, Sikkim, and Tibet.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670813780 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670813788 |
| Title | A History of News |
| Author | Mitchell Stephens |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Viking Books |
| Year published | 1988-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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