The death and life of american journalism pdf

Published January 5th by Nation Books first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions 8. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Add this book to your favorite list ». Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. May 21, April Helms rated it it was amazing Shelves: nonfiction , reference , professional , journalism.

This is a must-read for journalists and anyone wanting to save the field and restore it to its Fourth Estate watchdog status. The authors take a thorough look as to what is wrong with newspapers really, all for-profit generalized mass media but the focus is on the newspaper , where things went wrong and, most importantly, how to bring them back.

As to what is wrong, several of the problems McChesney and Nichols point to are issues I've brought up for years.

A big problem is that the for-profit, This is a must-read for journalists and anyone wanting to save the field and restore it to its Fourth Estate watchdog status. A big problem is that the for-profit, commercial model is falling apart and cannot and should not be resurrected.

The authors have a greater body of history and research than I do, and show that this model, started about years ago, has been problematic from the start, although only now are the wheels starting to come off. McChesney and Nichols lay out why commercially-run media was a problematic situation, and why technology will not salvage it. But the sections I liked best were the solutions. This is the first book I've read on the subject that actually presents real-world and workable solutions, as opposed to pipe dreams.

Essentially the solution is to go back to what our Founders had wanted and spoke for the authors cite many examples : a heavily subsidized news media. The concept of the L3C corporate status- a fairly new status right now only recognized in a few states- seems especially tailor-made for media.

It would allow media to remain for-profit under stringent guidelines. The L3C is for a low-profit entity with a social benefit. The company could could qualify for subsidies and could even apply for grants while still making a profit, as long as its social message is clear. I hope this avenue is explored and takes root. The consequences of remaining at the status quo would be dire, as the authors also illustrate.

There are many citations, graphs and charts to back up what the authors say. Now, the big issue of course is will anyone listen. The cynic in me is doubtful. I hope I am proven wrong.

McChesney and Nichols provide the tools and ideas- now they just have to be acted upon. View 1 comment. Mar 11, Ietrio rated it did not like it Shelves: junk. Back in the day, Journalism was about a few McChesney choosing what should be published. Today anyone can publish and that is bad. What's next? Maybe people would refuse to pay McChesney a generous pension the way they are paying for his lifestyle. The sky is falling!

May 06, Tiffany Conner rated it liked it. There wasn't much in this book which wasn't already public knowledge to anyone who has gasp! That's right, I said it. Even so, I admired the passion and intelligence the authors brought to the issue.

They did a fine job of stressing the inextricable link between a healthy democracy and informed, critical journalistic culture. The old models won't do. Newspapers can die no ad dollars! It's finding brave men and women unafraid to ask the hard questions and speak truth to proverbial power which is at stake. It's finding men and women with the courage to be more than simple mouthpieces to the parties in power that matters. It's digging deeper and thinking more.

Aggregating links, posting Youtube videos, and Tweeting links is NOT the same as a concerted, discerning investigative journalistic effort. The problem is that we are fast becoming a culture which will never have known the difference between digi-news and digging for the news.

I hope I'm dead before the takeover is complete. Even so, it was a good book, but it wasn't a great book. Jul 29, Camille added it. For anyone who has ever sat in front of the TV or read an article and ever asked themselves, "Why do I waste my time with this trash?

McChesney and Nichols offer some creative ideas for government subsidies that encourage the revival of journalism especially at the local level without direct government control over what gets published. Wh For anyone who has ever sat in front of the TV or read an article and ever asked themselves, "Why do I waste my time with this trash? While they maintain that "free press" does indeed mean the exclusion of the government from the editorial process, they point to the important role that federal postal subsidies played in fostering the growth of newspapers in America's early days.

Excited but healthily skeptical about the possibilities of digital journalism, this is not a bucket of a nostalgia for the decaying remains of 20th century commercial journalism. McChesney and Nichols exhortations and heady prose get a bit repetitive after a while, but this is still a worthwhile read. Here are my lectures notes. It is in meltdown. Die Neuordnung des Journalismus. Ziel des.

This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise—and meaning—of "fake news.

The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications.

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