What Is Journalism?: The Art and Politics of a Rupture

by Chris Nash

This book argues that journalism should treat itself as an academic discipline on a par with history, geography and sociology, and as an art form in its own right. Time, space, social relations and imagination are intrinsic to journalism. Chris Nash takes the major flaws attributed to journalism by its critics--a crude empiricism driven by an un-reflexive 'news sense'; a narrow focus on a de-contextualised, transient present; and a too intimate familiarity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137399333
• ISBN13: 9781137399335
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.7"