Newspapers: A Complete Guide to the Industry
New York: Peter Lang (2010), viii, 229 pp.
Contains index
Series: Media Industries, 6
ISBN 978-0-8204-8153-1 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 201:20-General 2010
"[...] this book provides a concise and thorough overview of the field, looking back at newspapers’ history, and forward to their future – and insisting there will be one. The authors, former journalists who now teach the subject, review the practices of the profession – from defining news to examining who owns newspapers, from newspaper readership to the new media environment. Written in an accessible style, this comprehensive text is well suited for a range of courses on newspapers." (Publisher description)
1 Just What Is News Anyway? 1
2 The History of Newspapers, 21
3 Why Freedom of the Press Is Essential, 43
4 The Roles of a Free Press, 61
5 The Role of the Rural Press, 77
6 Newspaper Readership, 93
7 Newspaper Ownership, 113
8 Newspaper Ethics, 135
9 Newspapers and the Law, 161
10 The Newspaper Meets the Internet, 185
11 The Future (Because There Will Be One), 201
2 The History of Newspapers, 21
3 Why Freedom of the Press Is Essential, 43
4 The Roles of a Free Press, 61
5 The Role of the Rural Press, 77
6 Newspaper Readership, 93
7 Newspaper Ownership, 113
8 Newspaper Ethics, 135
9 Newspapers and the Law, 161
10 The Newspaper Meets the Internet, 185
11 The Future (Because There Will Be One), 201
