The Sociology of News

by Michael Schudson

Book Overview

Michael Schudson treats soberly and skeptically a great deal of what passes for wisdom about the press in popular opinion, academic research, and journalists own self-understanding. The book s ultimate objective is not to settle controversies involving the press, but to define them and to characterize the role that news institutions play in the formation of modern public consciousness. The Sociology of News is part of the Contemporary Societies series"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393975134
• ISBN13: 9780393975130
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.