The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective by Martin, Shannon E.

The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275973988)

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The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective by Martin, Shannon E.

The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective

$100.00
The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective by Martin, Shannon E.

The Function of Newspapers in Society: A Global Perspective

$100.00
Format: Hardcover
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The demise of the newspaper has long been predicted. Yet newspapers continue to survive globally despite competition from radio, television, and now the Internet, because they serve core social functions in successful cultures. Initial chapters of this book provide an overview of the development of modern newspapers. Subsequent chapters examine particular societies and geographic regions to see what common traits exist among the uses and forms of newspapers and those artifacts that carry the name newspaper but do not meet the commonly accepted definition. The conclusion suggests that newspapers are of such core value to a successful society that a timely and easily accessible news product will succeed despite, or perhaps because of, changes in reading habits and technology.

Author: Shannon E. Martin
ISBN-10: 0275973980
ISBN-13: 9780275973988
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2003
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.46w x 0.75d

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Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 900
By Shannon E. Martin
By Shannon E. Martin
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SHANNON E. MARTIN is Professor of Journalism at the University of Maine. She is the Author of Bits, Bytes and Big Brother: Federal Information Control in the Technological Age (Praeger, 1995) and Newspapers of Record in a Digital Age: From Hot Type to Hot Link (Praeger, 1998),

DAVID A. COPELAND is the A. J. Fletcher Professor of Communication at Elon University. A past president of the American Journalism Historians Association, he was named Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Virginia Professor of the Year in 1998.

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