Making Journalists: Diverse Models, Global Issues

ISBN-13: 9780415315029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 312 str.

Hugo De Burgh

Opis

At a time when the media s relation to power is at the forefront of political discussion, this book considers how journalists can affect public discourse on politics, economy and society at large. From well-known and respected authors providing all new material, Making Journalists considers journalism education, training, practice and professionalism across a wide range of countries, including Saudi Arabia, Africa, India, USA and the UK. The book offers insights into:

• what journalism is
• how education makes the journalist and, therefore, the news
• models of journalism taught and practised across the globe
• the ethical implications of the process.

When news reporting can lead to decisions on whether or not to got to war, everything can be affected by journalists and their mediation of the world. This text brings these present issues together in one invaluable resource for all students of journalism, politics and media studies."

Spis treści

The Making of Journalists: The present and futures of journalists around the world Foreword James Curran  Introduction: Journalism and the new cultural paradigm Hugo de Burgh  Notes on Contributors  Section 1: Journalism and Journalists  What is Journalism? Brian McNair Who are Journalists? David H. Weaver  Journalism and the Making of a Profession Howard Tumber and Marina Prentoulis  Section 2: Journalism and Location Is there a European Model of Journalism? Paolo Mancini  The US Model of Journalism: Exception or exemplar? Michael Schudson  The Conception of Chinese Journalists: Idealogical convergence and contestation Chin-Chuan Lee  Adapting to Globalization: The changing contours of journalism in India Daya Kishan Thussu  The Changing Dynamics of Arab Journalism Naomi Sakr  African Journalism and the Struggle for Democratic Media Helge Rønning  From Lapdog to Watchdog: The role of the press in Latin America's modernization Rosental Calmon Alves  Section 3: Journalism and the Future  The Evolution of Journalism Education in the United States Betty Medsger  Who's to Make Journalists? Angela Phillips  Running the Technological Gauntlet: New media and journalism John V. Pavlik  Can we Make Journalists Better? Theodore L. Glasser and Lise Marken

O autorze

Hugo de Burgh is Professor of Journalism at the University of Westminster. He writes on relationships between journalism and modernisation and has published books on the history of journalism in China, and on investigative journalism.