Are newspapers faced with an existential threat or are they changing to meet the challenges of a digital world? With the newspaper's role in a state of fundamental redefinition, Newspaper Journalism offers a timely and up to the minute analysis of newspapers today, in the context of their historical importanceto society. Drawing on their extensive experience in academia and also acrosslocal, national, mainstream and alternative newspapers, Cole and Harcup writeclearly and engagingly from both industry and scholarly perspectives, and contend that, far from dying, newspapers are doing what they have always done: adapting to a changing environment. This text is essential reading for all students of the press, with comprehensive and critical coverage of the most important debates in the study of newspaper journalism - from ethics and investigative journalism to political economy and the future of the industry. Given the shifting boundaries and central importance of newspapers, it will be of interestto all students of journalism and the media. INDICE: Part One: Newspapers Past and Present / The Continuing Importance of Newspaper Journalism / The UK National Press Today / Beyond Fleet Street: Newspapers in the Regions and Nations / Headlines from Newspaper History / PartTwo: Contemporary Practices and Current Debates / The Changing Political Economy of the Press / From Telling Stories to Providing Content: Journalism in the Digital Age / The Press under Scrutiny: Self-Regulation and Ethics / DiggingDeeper: Investigative Journalism in Newspapers / Part Three: Making Sense of Newspapers / Hacks and the Academy: Theorizing Journalism / Newspapers at the Crossroads / Read all about It: A Critical Bibliography of Newspaper Journalism
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-3120-5
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés