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Katharine Graham's Washington
by Katharine Graham  Publisher Comments As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformed The Washington Post into a paper of record, left behind this lovingly collected anthology of writings about the city...
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Backstory: Inside the Business of News
by Ken Auletta Publisher Comments From Howell Raines and the New York Times to Roger Ailes and Fox News, America's most celebrated media journalist dissects the people and institutions shaping media, for good and for ill, in a time of profound change. It is said that journalism is a...
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Mediamorphosis : Understanding New Media (97 Edition)
by Roger Fidler Publisher Comments This book is about technological change within human communication and the media. Not technical, this work is an overview and evaluation of new communication technologies. Roger Fidler demystifies emerging media technologies and provides a structure for...
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Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All
by Tom Fenton Publisher Comments At a time when the world has been blindsided by failures of intelligence, a veteran CBS News correspondent reveals how the news media has betrayed our trust and endangered our democracy. Tom Fenton is the senior European correspondent for CBS News. In...
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Best American Political Writing 2007 (07 Edition)
by Flippin Publisher Comments Like the previous five editions of this highly regarded anthology, The Best American Political Writing 2007 draws on a wide variety of publications and political viewpoints to present the year's most insightful and entertaining articles on the current...
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On the Record
by Tom Wicker Publisher Comments Award winning New York Times reporter Tom Wicker draws on his own experiences to fashion a compelling narrative that shows students how real reporters make tough ethical decisions. Avoiding rigid “do and don’t” lists, On the Record...
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Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...
by John Stossel Publisher Comments Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts shut down...
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Balance and Bias in Journalism: Representation, Regulation and Democracy
by Guy Starkey Publisher Comments This new book addresses the key issue of objectivity in journalistic theory and practice. Drawing on his extensive research and teaching experience, Guy Starkey offers a clearly structured, accessible discussion of 'balance' in the media, and the...
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Global Journalism : Topical Issues and Media Systems (4TH 04 Edition)
by Arnold S. Debeer Publisher Comments Almost entirely rewritten, "Global Journalism" addresses the most pertinent issues and problems in today's global media while providing an accurate overview of journalism throughout the world. This new, fully up-to-date edition recognizes the vast and...
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Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness --- And Liberalism --- To the Women of America
by Myrna Blyth Publisher Comments Blowing the whistle on a job she herself did for over ten years at Ladies Home Journal as editor-in-chief, Blyth reveals the almost institutionalized selling of a liberal/do-gooders message to women through chararacterizing women themselves as victims...
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Tuned Out : Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News (05 Edition)
by David T. Z. Mindich Publisher Comments At a rate never before seen in American history, young adults are abandoning traditional news media. Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News examines the reasons behind this problem and its consequences for American society. Author David...
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The Rebels' Hour
by Lieve Joris Publisher Comments In The Rebels’ Hour, world renowned journalist Lieve Joris illuminates the dark heart of contemporary Congo through the prism of one lonely and complicated rebel leader who becomes a high ranking general in the Congolese army. When Assani, a young...
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Journalists Under Fire: The Psychological Hazards of Covering War
by Anthony Feinstein Publisher Comments Neuropsychiatrist Anthony Feinstein breaks new ground in the study of trauma-related disorders as he explores, through a carefully constructed original study and interviews with many journalists seasoned in the world's hot spots, the trauma and troubles...
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The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting: Creating Alternatives to Corporate Media
by David Barsamian 
Publisher Comments Concentration of the media has reached new heights, making it harder for alternative and critical voices to gain a hearing. The recent $86 billion merger of Time Warner and AOL is just one of many signs of the narrowing of information sources. Market...
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The African American Newspaper: Voice of Freedom (Medill Visions of the American Press)
by Patrick S Washburn Book News Annotation Washburn (journalism, Ohio U.) traces the evolution of African American newspapers in the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage spans the period from the publishing of the country's first black newspaper in 1827 through the decline in readership and...
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Mission : Journalism, Ethics and the World (02 Edition)
by Joseph B. (ed.) Atkins Publisher Comments The second book in the new International Topics in Media series. The Mission: Journalism, Ethics & the World addresses the growing concern about journalism ethics in the United States and worldwide. Through essays from international journalists and...
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It Ain't Necessarily So: How the Media Remake Our Picture of Reality
by David Murray Publisher Comments Anthrax scares. Airplane crashes. The AIDS epidemic. Presidential election polls and voting results. Global warming. All these news stories require scientific savvy, first to report, and then-for the average person-to understand. It Ain't Necessarily So...
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Reading the News (86 Edition)
by Robert K. Manoff Publisher Comments We take our news for granted: that it will inform us about the significant people and cite the authoritative ones, reflect the world the way it is, and tell us why something happens as it does. Now, six working journalists, press critics, and scholars at...
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Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp: And Other Essays
by Might Magazine Publisher Comments Prepare yourself for the best and brightest from Might magazine. These provocative accounts of cultural chaos tackle every tacky and/or annoying issue that has made the 20th century so ripe for the Apocalypse -- from the lost diaries of H.R. Haldeman to...
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Hot Air
by Howard Kurtz Publisher Comments Kurtz takes readers into the studio for an in-depth and disturbing look at the performers and pundits behind today’s television and radio talk shows and at their corrosive influence on America’s social, political, and moral fabric. From Rush...
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