A history of news mitchell stephens pdf

View 1 excerpt, cites background. Notes on the wire: ballads, biases, and borders of performance journalism. Performance plays a lead role in the story of journalism. From the speeches of town criers to the spectacles of television comedians, the news has always relied on performers. Media scholars, … Expand. Journalism as an Anglo-American Invention. This article argues that journalism is an Anglo-American invention. The argument is developed comparing the evolution of French and Anglo-American journalism between the s and the s.

It is … Expand. View 9 excerpts, cites background and methods. Making memories matter. The death of an eminent journalist prompts a flurry of memorializing discourse in the news media situating the deceased in a framework that makes sense of his or her accomplishments in the present … Expand. Breaking news production processes in US metropolitan newspapers: Immediacy and journalistic authority.

This article reviews four US metropolitan newspapers, using field observations and … Expand. March , he self-identified as a blogger. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of news and provides unique insights into contemporary journalism.

Author Mitchell Stephens, an accomplished writer and media critic, analyzes news in all of its manifestations--spoken, written, visual and digital--from an international perspective.

For the third edition, Stephens has broadened the scope of the book's international coverage, expanded the section on television news, increased coverage of women and minorities and added new material on the Internet and the digital revolution. The book also features an updated timeline, questions at the end of each chapter and new boxes, many of which underline connections between older news systems and issues in contemporary journalism.

Why News? A History of News is in all respects first-rate, and original, work. We do not have another communication history like this. Perhaps we should make our students dive deeper. Perhaps we should ourselves. This book does. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Academic Skip to main content. Stephens's wide knowledge of his subject furnishes him with striking facts and analogies.

We do not have another communication history like this Stephens' work is based on thorough research, reflects some beautiful writing, and supplies some insightful observations Perhaps we should make our students dive deeper. Perhaps we should ourselves. This book does.