Maps of the News: Journalism as a Practice of Cartography

by Mike Gasher

This book adopts a unique perspective on journalism by considering it as a practice of cartography. Through every aspect of their work, journalists describe and define their community and situate that community within the larger world. With words, images, and sounds, journalists: sketch out the boundaries of community; define its values; identify key components of its political, economic, and cultural infrastructure; describe its constituents; position...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3515128395
• ISBN13: 9783515128391
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.3"