The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered: Democratic Culture, Professional Codes, Digital Future (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107448513)

This collection of original essays brings a dramatically different perspective to bear on the contemporary 'crisis of journalism'. Rather than seeing technological and economic change as the primary causes of current anxieties, The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered draws attention to the role played by the cultural commitments of journalism itself. Linking these professional ethics to the democratic aspirations of the broader societies in which journalists ply their craft, it examines how the new technologies are being shaped to sustain value commitments rather than undermining them. Recent technological change and the economic upheaval it has produced are coded by social meanings. It is this cultural framework that actually transforms these 'objective' changes into a crisis. The book argues that cultural codes not only trigger sharp anxiety about technological and economic changes, but provide pathways to control them, so that the democratic practices of independent journalism can be sustained in new forms.

Author: Jeffrey C. Alexander
ISBN-10: 1107448514
ISBN-13: 9781107448513
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/13/2016
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.04w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2017