Journalism: Why It Matters

by Michael Schudson

Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism matters. It matters, argues Schudson, because it orients people daily in the complex and changing worlds in which they live. It matters because it offers a fact-centered, documented approach to pertinent public issues. It matters because it keeps watch on the powerful, especially those in government, and can press...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509538542
• ISBN13: 9781509538546
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.5"