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This unique volume is based on the philosophy that the teaching of
history should emphasize critical thinking and attempt to involve
the student intellectually, rather than simply provide names,
dates, and places to memorize. The book approaches history not as a
cut-and-dried recitation of a collection of facts but as
multifaceted discipline. In examining the various perspectives
historians have provided, the author brings a vitality to the study
of history that students normally do not gain. The text is
comprised of 24 historiographical essays, each of which discusses
the major interpretations of a significant topic in mass
communication history. Students are challenged to evaluate each
approach critically and to develop their own explanations. As a
textbook designed specifically for use in graduate level
communication history courses, it should serve as a stimulating
pedagogical tool.
This unique volume is based on the philosophy that the teaching of
history should emphasize critical thinking and attempt to involve
the student intellectually, rather than simply provide names,
dates, and places to memorize. The book approaches history not as a
cut-and-dried recitation of a collection of facts but as
multifaceted discipline. In examining the various perspectives
historians have provided, the author brings a vitality to the study
of history that students normally do not gain. The text is
comprised of 24 historiographical essays, each of which discusses
the major interpretations of a significant topic in mass
communication history. Students are challenged to evaluate each
approach critically and to develop their own explanations. As a
textbook designed specifically for use in graduate level
communication history courses, it should serve as a stimulating
pedagogical tool.
"Makers of the Media Mind" is a collection of analytical essays
focusing on the most important and original ideas contributed to
the field of mass communication by journalism educators. Divided
into six sections representing the most prominent areas of
specialization in the field, this text serves two significant
purposes: first, it acquaints readers with the lives of preeminent
journalism educators; second, it provides concise discussions and
evaluations of the most compelling ideas those educators have to
offer. The editor of, and contributors to, this text contend that
ideas cannot be appreciated fully without an understanding of the
creators of those same ideas. They hope that this volume's coverage
of "creators" as well as concepts will demonstrate that journalism
education has played a critical role in the making of the "media
mind."
"Makers of the Media Mind" is a collection of analytical essays
focusing on the most important and original ideas contributed to
the field of mass communication by journalism educators. Divided
into six sections representing the most prominent areas of
specialization in the field, this text serves two significant
purposes: first, it acquaints readers with the lives of preeminent
journalism educators; second, it provides concise discussions and
evaluations of the most compelling ideas those educators have to
offer. The editor of, and contributors to, this text contend that
ideas cannot be appreciated fully without an understanding of the
creators of those same ideas. They hope that this volume's coverage
of creators as well as concepts will demonstrate that journalism
education has played a critical role in the making of the media
mind.
News consumers made cynical by sensationalist banners--"AMERICA STRIKES BACK, " "THE TERROR OF ANTHRAX"--and lurid leads might be surprised to learn that in 1690, the newspaper Publick Occurrences gossiped about the sexual indiscretions of French royalty or seasoned the story of missing children by adding that "barbarous Indians were lurking about" before the disappearance. Surprising, too, might be the medias steady adherence to, if continual tugging at, its philosophical and ethical moorings. These 39 essays, written and edited by the nations leading professors of journalism, cover the theory and practice of print, radio, and TV news reporting. Politics and partisanship, press and the government, gender and the press corps, presidential coverage, war reportage, technology and news gathering, sensationalism: each subject is treated individually. Appropriate for interested lay persons, students, professors and reporters.
In this book, scholars examine the many prevailing arguments about media bias from a non-polemical perspective. Essays cover individual forms of bias, including ideology, politics, television, photography, religion, abortion, homosexuality, gender, race, crime, environment, region, military, corporate ownership, labor and health. Each essay introduces the topic, presents arguments for and against the specific bias, assesses the evidence for all arguments, and includes a list of suggested readings. Two additional essays discuss the broader aspects of the bias debate and give a personal perspective on reporting the controversial Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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