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The sociology of news

By Michael Schudson

Book information

Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Year
2003
ISBN
0-393-97513-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (12041455 bytes)
Series
Contemporary Sociology
Edition
First edition
Pages
261\136
Time added
2015-02-28 18:48:59

Description

The sociology of news offers a personal, trenchant, and comprehensive account of the contemporary news media: its origins, structures, operating practices, and codes and cultures. It also takes up the question of the impact of news on society, especially the impact of news on politics. Michael Schudson treats soberly and skeptically a great deal of what passes for wisdom about the press. He takes on not only popular opinion but also academic research and journalists' own self-understanding. Schudson's ultimate objective is not to settle controversies but to clarify them. He makes a seminal contribution to the sociological understanding of the role that news institutions play in the formation of modern public consciousness.

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