Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept

by Michael Karlsson, Henrik rnebring, Henrik Örnebring

Winner, 2023 AEJMC Tankard Book Award

The idea that journalism should be independent is foundational to its contemporary understandings and its role in democracy. But from what, exactly, should journalism be independent? This book traces the genealogy of the idea of journalistic autonomy, from the press freedom debates of the 17th century up to the digital, networked world of the 21st. Using an eclectic and thought-provoking theoretical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826222544
• ISBN13: 9780826222541
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"