Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465016662)

This instructive and entertaining social history of American newspapers shows that the very idea of impartial, objective "news" was the social product of the democratization of political, economic, and social life in the nineteenth century. Professor Schudson analyzes the shifts in reportorial style over the years and explains why the belief among journalists and readers alike that newspapers must be objective still lives on.

Author: Michael Schudson
ISBN-10: 0465016669
ISBN-13: 9780465016662
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 02/13/1981
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.36w x 0.51d