The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It
Blending his experiences as a veteran reporter with trenchant analysis of the erosion of trust between the press and the government over the past 40 years, Free The Press gives readers a unique perspective on the challenges facing journalism as well as the rise of hostility between these institutions.
An Oral History of America's Greatest Underground Rock Radio Station, KS
KSAN: The Hippie Radio Revolution that Rocked America is an oral history of America's first hippie underground FM on the dial that broadcasted the countercultural consciousness of the '60s and '70s to a new generation.
During the early era of cinema, moviegoers turned to women editors and writers for the latest on everyone's favorite stars, films, and filmmakers. Richard Abel returns these women to film history with an anthology of reviews, articles, and other works. Drawn from newspapers of the time, the selections show how columnists like Kitty Kelly, Mae ......
In 2019, the United States' trade war with China expanded to blacklist the Chinese tech titan Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The resulting attention showed the information and communications technology (ICT) firm entwined with China's political-economic transformation. But the question remained: why does Huawei matter?
Creative Practice Ethnographies examines how the collaboration between creative practice and ethnography enables scholars and practitioners to hone research strategies and methods within contemporary contexts. The authors use three heuristics-techniques, translations, and transmissions-to illustrate how this interdisciplinary strategy operates.
A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias and Political Propaganda
This book reveals the power of critical thinking to make sense of overwhelming and often subjective media by detecting ideology, slant, and spin at work. Building off the Paul and Elder framework for critical thinking, Elder focuses on the internal logic of the news as well as societal influences on the media.
Pullout sections, poster supplements, contests, puzzles, and the funny pages--the Sunday newspaper once delivered a parade of information, entertainment, and spectacle for just a few pennies each weekend. Paul Moore and Sandra Gabriele return to an era of experimentation in early twentieth-century news publishing to chart how the Sunday paper ......
A timely and eye-opening look at women in sports journalism, this book provides valuable insight on the obstacles women have had to overcome in order to succeed within the "masculine" world of sports and the challenges they continue to face today. The stories of their struggles are at times infuriating, at times triumphant, but always compelling.
This text engages students in the social media phenomenon, exploring how fundamental changes in mass media influence every level of societal communication. With the explosion of social media and big data, students must become conscious of media's positive and negative influences on their lives.