American Journalism: History, Principles, Practices

by Lisa Mullikin Parcell, W. David Sloan, W.M. David Sloan

Book Overview

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 media's steady adherence to, if continual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413719
• ISBN13: 9780786413713
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher