The Civil Power of the News

Description

This landmark book is concerned with the civil power of the news. This power can be seen in the ways the news engages with public sentiment through a focus on three invariant civil concerns: identity, legitimacy and risk. The book analyses how news stories engage with these concerns to make civil and anti-civil judgements, which influence public sentiment and determine the boundaries we place and maintain around the society we live in. Through historical and contemporary examples of this boundary shaping and maintenance, The Civil Power of the News presents a bold and original account of the architecture of news, the influence it has on our conceptions of civility, and, ultimately, the power it wields. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Part I (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 3-30 The Civil Ideal of the News (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 31-63 The Civil Ideal of the News and Political and Commercial Reality (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 65-104 Newsrooms and the News Cycle (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 105-142 Front Matter ....Pages 143-143 Introduction to Part II (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 145-162 The Reporting of the Murder and the Invariant Civil Concern of Identity (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 163-210 The Reporting of the Murder and the Invariant Civil Concern of Legitimacy (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 211-264 The Reporting of the Murder and the Invariant Civil Concern of Risk (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 265-302 The Reporting of the Murder as Type 3 Civil Boundary Maintenance: The Rejection of Change and the Endorsement of the Status Quo in Civil Society (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 303-320 Résumé (Jackie Harrison)....Pages 321-326 Back Matter ....Pages 327-353