Sustaining Democracy? : Journalism and the Politics of Objectivity / Robert A. Hackett, Yuezhi Zhao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hackett, Robert A., author.

Zhao, Yuezhi, author.

Series:

Culture and communication in Canada series.

Culture and Communication in Canada Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Objectivity.

Journalism.

Journalism--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The news media are often accused of lacking objectivity. Sustaining Democracy? asks whether it is worth trying to be objective in the first place by addressing current, and highly topical, debates on the relationship between journalism and democracy in Canada and the United States. These debates are made all the more urgent by the perceived crises of technological change, declining and fragmented audiences, media concentration, and popular cynicism about public life.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: In Search of a Metaphor""; ""1 Democratic Discourse and the Origins of News Objectivity""; ""2 From Positivism to Negative News: The Evolution of Objectivity""; ""3 Institutional Logics: Why It Still Pays to Be Objective""; ""4 The God Who Won't Die: News Objectivity as a Regime""; ""5 Epistemologies in Contention: Journalistic Objectivity as (Un)workable Philosophy""; ""6 The Politics of Objective Journalism""; ""7 Regimes in Crisis: Liberal Democracy and Objective Journalism in Question""

""8 Straws in the Wind: Alternatives to the Regime?""""9 Conclusion: Towards Public Communication for Sustainable Democracy""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9781442602991

1442602996

OCLC:

243600535