Losing the news : the future of the news that feeds democracy / Alex S. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Alex S., author.

Contributor:

Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.

Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Series:

Institutions of American democracy series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Institutions of American democracy series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Political aspects--United States.

Journalism.

Journalism--Economic aspects--United States.

Journalism--Objectivity--United States.

Journalistic ethics--United States.

Journalistic ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is wrong with the news? To answer this dismaying question, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1 The Iron Core; Chapter 2 Media and Democracy; Chapter 3 The Fragile First Amendment; Chapter 4 Objectivity's Last Stand; Chapter 5 Media Ethics-The Painful Balance; Chapter 6 The Curious Story of News; Chapter 7 Newspapers on the Brink; Chapter 8 The New News Media; Chapter 9 Saving the News; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772500-7

0-19-974098-4

1-282-27073-7

9786612270734

0-19-972056-8

OCLC:

609843665