The Idea of Public Journalism
New York; London: Guilford Press (1999), xxxiii, 229 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 210-222, index
Series: Guilford Communication Series
ISBN 1-57230-460-X
Signature commbox: 10-Journalism-E 1999
"This volume offers a critical and constructive examination of the claims of public journalism, the controversial movement aimed at getting the press to promote and indeed improve - not merely report on - the quality of public life. From leading contributors, original essays refine the terms of the debate by situating it within a broad cultural, historical, and philosophical framework. Exploring the movement's promise as well as its problems, the book sheds light on vital issues of political power, freedom of expression, democratic participation, and press responsibility." (Back cover)
Foreword: Journalism as a Democratic Art / Cole C. Campbell
1 Introduction: The Idea of Public Journalism / Theodore L. Glasser
I. THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC JOURNALISM
2 The Action of the Idea: Public Journalism in Built Form / Jay Rosen
3 In Defense of Public Journalism / James W. Carey
4 The Common Good as First Principle / Clifford G. Christians
5 Making Readers Into Citizens: The Old Fashioned Way / Thomas C. Leonard
II. THE CHALLENGE FOR PUBLIC JOURNALISM
6 Public Journalism and Democratic Theory: Four Challenges / John Durham Peters
7 What Public Journalism Knows about Journalism But Doesn't Know about "Public" / Michael Schudson
8 Journalism and the Sociology of Public Life / John Pauly
9 Making the Neighborhood Work: The Improbabilities of Public Journalism / Barbie Zelitzer
Appendix A. On Evaluating Public Journalism / Steven H. Chaffee and Michael McDevitt
Appendix B. Reinventing the Press for the Age of Commercial Appeals: Writing on and about Public Journalism / Hanno Hardt
1 Introduction: The Idea of Public Journalism / Theodore L. Glasser
I. THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC JOURNALISM
2 The Action of the Idea: Public Journalism in Built Form / Jay Rosen
3 In Defense of Public Journalism / James W. Carey
4 The Common Good as First Principle / Clifford G. Christians
5 Making Readers Into Citizens: The Old Fashioned Way / Thomas C. Leonard
II. THE CHALLENGE FOR PUBLIC JOURNALISM
6 Public Journalism and Democratic Theory: Four Challenges / John Durham Peters
7 What Public Journalism Knows about Journalism But Doesn't Know about "Public" / Michael Schudson
8 Journalism and the Sociology of Public Life / John Pauly
9 Making the Neighborhood Work: The Improbabilities of Public Journalism / Barbie Zelitzer
Appendix A. On Evaluating Public Journalism / Steven H. Chaffee and Michael McDevitt
Appendix B. Reinventing the Press for the Age of Commercial Appeals: Writing on and about Public Journalism / Hanno Hardt
