Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate - Media Watchdogs in America (Hardcover)

Robust, uninhibited, provocative, and even scurrilous criticism of corporate media by the Fifth Estate-composed of private citizens and watchdog and partisan groups of all stripes-is vital to the functioning of the American democratic process. Hayes traces the historical development of press criticism since the 1880s in each of ten categories (muckrakers, journalism reviews, columnists and authors, television press critics, press councils, advocacy groups, scholars, ombudsmen, bloggers, and satirists) and provides case studies of current outstanding examples of each category. Hayes's case studies of recent press criticism campaigns that have, though widely vilified as uncivil or marginalized as kooky, contributed significantly to checking the pretensions of corporate media to an unwholesome monopoly on journalistic truth include: BLJon Stewart, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report BLbloggers vs. CBS, CNN, and The New York Times BLCarl Jensen and Project Censored BLBen Bagdikian vs. media conglomerates Reed Irvine and Accuracy in Media BLJeff Cohen and FAIR BLSteve Brill and Brill's Report Project for Excellence in Journalism BLJay Rosen and Civic Journalism Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate is the first serious book about the press to treat Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as important and effective watchdogs of corporate media.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	June 2008
Authors:	Arthur S. Hayes
Dimensions:	236 x 165 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-99910-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism Promotions
LSN:	0-275-99910-6
Barcode:	9780275999100

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