Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy
New York: Columbia University Press (2000), xxiv, 282 pp.
Contains index, bibliogr. pp. 257-273
ISBN 0-231-11974-7 (hbk); 0-231-11975-5 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 200:10-Politics 2000
Introduction: Investigative Reporting and Watchdog Journalism, xiii
I. THE MAINSTREAMING OF WATCHDOG JOURNALISM
1 Watchdog Journalism in a Historical Perspective, 3
2 Denouncing Wrongdoing, 33
3 Why Watchdogs Bark, 58
II. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND CULTURE OF NEWSMAKING
4 The Politics of Sources, 93
5 Parallel Ideals: Facticity and Objectivity in Exposés, 119
6 Professional Crusaders: The Politics of Professional Journalism, 151
III. WATCHDOG JOURNALISM AND THE QUALITY OF DEMOCRACY
7 Can Watchdog Journalism Tell the Truth? 187
8 Watchdog Journalism and Democratic Accountability, 209
Conclusion 243
I. THE MAINSTREAMING OF WATCHDOG JOURNALISM
1 Watchdog Journalism in a Historical Perspective, 3
2 Denouncing Wrongdoing, 33
3 Why Watchdogs Bark, 58
II. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND CULTURE OF NEWSMAKING
4 The Politics of Sources, 93
5 Parallel Ideals: Facticity and Objectivity in Exposés, 119
6 Professional Crusaders: The Politics of Professional Journalism, 151
III. WATCHDOG JOURNALISM AND THE QUALITY OF DEMOCRACY
7 Can Watchdog Journalism Tell the Truth? 187
8 Watchdog Journalism and Democratic Accountability, 209
Conclusion 243
