Journalism and society / Denis McQuail.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2013Description: 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- still image
- computer
- online resource
- 9781526435798 (ebook) :
- Journalism & society
- 302.23 23
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-241) and index.
Preface -- What is journalism? How is it linked to society? -- Journalistic responsibility to society -- Principles of journalistic performance -- Towards a framework of analysis for journalism -- The central role of monitor and messenger -- Media structure, performance and the 'power of the press' -- The accountability of journalism to society -- Changing media technology : consequences for journalism, press institution and relations with society -- In conclusion : striking a normative balance -- Appendix : selected documents relating to rights and obligations of new media -- References -- Index.
"This is a major new statement on the role of journalism in democracy from one of media and communication's leading thinkers. Denis McQuail leads the reader through a systematic exploration of how and why journalism and society have become so inextricably entwined and - as importantly - what this relationship should be like. It is a strong re-statement of the fundamental values that journalism aspires to." -- Publisher website.
Description based on MARC record for print version.