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Democracy Without Citizens: Media and the Decay of American Politics Democracy Without Citizens: Media and the Decay of American Politics
by Robert M Entman

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This trenchant analysis questions why the interaction between the news media and their audiences fails to create the democratic potential everyone assumes occurs with such interaction. Drawing illustrations mainly from the Carter and Reagan years, the... (read more)

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The NewsBreaker: A Behind the Scenes Look at the News Media and Never Before Told Details about Some of the Decade's Biggest Stories The NewsBreaker: A Behind the Scenes Look at the News Media and Never Before Told Details about Some of the Decade's Biggest Stories
by Larry Garrison

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For twenty-five years, Larry Garrison has been a news broker, operating within the secret side of the news, finding and releasing some of the most sensational stories of the last couple decades. Now, in this riveting account of the news behind the news... (read more)

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All I Did Was Ask: Interviews from "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" All I Did Was Ask: Interviews from "Fresh Air with Terry Gross"
by Terry Gross

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For this collection, award-winning interviewer Terry Gross has selected more than three dozen of her most entertaining and revealing interviews for National Public Radio's premier program "Fresh Air." Known for her thoughtful, probing style, Gross... (read more)

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The Institutions of American Democracy: The Press (Institutions of American Democracy) The Institutions of American Democracy: The Press (Institutions of American Democracy)
by Geneva Overholser

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American democracy is built on its institutions. The Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary, in particular, undergird the rights and responsibilities of every citizen. The free press, for example, protected by the First Amendment, allows for the... (read more)

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The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary
by Mcgrory And Gailey

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For years, fellow journalist Phil Gailey attempted to persuade legendary columnist Mary McGrory to compile her best work into one career-spanning collection. He would even offer to help his dear friend. But the response was always the same. "You do it... (read more)

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The Death of Media: And the Fight to Save Democracy The Death of Media: And the Fight to Save Democracy
by Danny Schechter

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Is the mainstream media dying, and what does that mean for democracy? Emmy Award-winning journalist Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector,"takes a close look at today's big media news outlets, the new media striving to replace them, and the impact it is... (read more)

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Knowledge, Competence, and Communication: Chomsky, Freire, and the Communicative Movement Knowledge, Competence, and Communication: Chomsky, Freire, and the Communicative Movement
by William H Walcott

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In Knowledge, Competence, and Communication, author William H. Walcott debates the meaning of creating equitable and critical instructional practices by exploring diverse representations of knowledge. He covers both historically important topics and... (read more)

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Witness: One of the Great Correspondents of the Twentieth Century Tells Her Story Witness: One of the Great Correspondents of the Twentieth Century Tells Her Story
by Ruth Gruber

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With her perfect memory (and plenty of zip), ninety-five-year-old Ruth Gruber–adventurer, international correspondent, photographer, maker of (and witness to) history, responsible for rescuing hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees during World... (read more)

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Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism
by John F Stacks

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When President Kennedy finished his most difficult meeting ever with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the first person he talked to was not one of his advisers, not his vice president, and not his wife. Walking out of the meeting, still steamed and... (read more)

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Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States
by Chris Lamb

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Featuring 150 cartoons, this book explores the mission and limitations of the cartoonist's craft from the courtroom to the newsroom. Lamb charges that the relatively generic, gag-related, syndicated cartoons typical of most newspapers today are... (read more)

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Attacks on the Press in 2004: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (Attacks on the Press) Attacks on the Press in 2004: A Worldwide Survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (Attacks on the Press)
by Bill Sweeney

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Nowhere are attacks on the press more visible than in Iraq, where more than 30 journalists have died since the war began. Yet press freedom is under siege in every corner of the worldfrom Russia, where brutal Soviet-style repression has returned, to the... (read more)

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My Misspent Youth My Misspent Youth
by Meghan Daum

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An essayist in the tradition of Joan Didion, Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers of her generation, widely recognized for her fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths the hidden fault lines in the American landscape... (read more)

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Freedom of the Press 2003 (Freedom of the Press) Freedom of the Press 2003 (Freedom of the Press)
by Freedom House

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The annual Freedom of the Press, which tracks trends in media freedom worldwide, appears for the first time as an expanded book. Covering 192 countries, the survey provides numerical ratings of the level of press freedom in each country. The Freedom... (read more)

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The American Home Front: 1941-1942 The American Home Front: 1941-1942
by Alistair Cooke

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In nearly three thousand BBC broadcasts over fifty-eight years, Alistair Cooke reported on America, illuminating our country for a global audience. He was one of the most widely read and widely heard chroniclers of America—the Twentieth Century... (read more)

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The Face of War The Face of War
by Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was a war correspondent for nearly fifty years. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the wars in Central America in the mid-eighties, her candid reports reflected her feelings for people no matter what their political... (read more)

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by Frank Brady

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Tells the story of the life of newspaper mogul, advertising man, and political apologist Paul Block. At the heart of this biography is Block's involvement in the history of newspaper publishing and national advertising, and his influence on the... (read more)

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50 Facts That Should Change the World 50 Facts That Should Change the World
by Jessica Williams

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50 Facts That Should Change the Worldis a series of snapshots of life in the 21st century. From the inequalities and absurdities of the so-called developed world to the vast scale of suffering wreaked by war, famine and AIDS in developing countries, it... (read more)

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Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at the New York Times: A Collection of the Newspaper's Most Interesting, Embarrassing, and Instructive Corrections Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces at the New York Times: A Collection of the Newspaper's Most Interesting, Embarrassing, and Instructive Corrections
by Linda Amster

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That's Fit to Print" "All the News On June 21, 1950, the front page slogan appeared like this. By the time the error was noticed, it was too late to correct it that day. But it was corrected, in a manner of speaking, the next day and every day thereafter.... (read more)

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People's Movements, People's Presses: The Journalism of Social Justice Movements People's Movements, People's Presses: The Journalism of Social Justice Movements
by Bob Ostertag

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America has a long history of protest and rebellion. In People"s Movements, People"s Press, Bob Ostertag recounts the history of the alternative print media that has arisen out of five social movements--abolition, woman suffrage, environmental, gay... (read more)

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Freeing the Presses: The First Amendment in Action (Politics@media) Freeing the Presses: The First Amendment in Action (Politics@media)
by Timothy E Cook

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Freeing the Presses offers a path-breaking inquiry into the theory and practice of freedom of the press at a critical time in the growing overlap between modern media and political discussion. Six political communication scholars draw upon history... (read more)

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