Journalism

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The Terrorism News Beat

Professionalism, Profit, and the Press

By Aaron M. Hoffman
Subjects: Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Political Communication

Revealing the journalistic quality of terrorism coverage in U.S. news

Assault on the Media

The Nixon Years

New and expanded edition, Updated with Analysis of 21st Century Threats to Democracy

By William Earl Porter & Thomas A. Mascaro
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Media Studies, Journalism, Political Communication

Taking a 21st century look at the lasting effects of Nixon-era attacks on journalism

Destination Detroit

Discourses on the Refugee in a Post-Industrial City

By Rashmi Luthra
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Race and Ethnicity, Politics, Media Studies, Journalism

A revealing analysis of how interest groups shape conversations about refugees in Metro Detroit

The Currency of Truth

Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era

By Emily H. C. Chua
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Political Communication
Series: China Understandings Today

Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China

Democracy's News

A Primer on Journalism for Citizens Who Care about Democracy

By G. Michael Killenberg & Rob Anderson
Subjects: Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Political Behavior and Public Opinion

How a free press can unite America

Media Reform and the Climate Emergency

Rethinking Communication in the Struggle for a Sustainable Future

By David J Park
Subjects: Media Studies, Journalism, Political Science, Political Communication

Advertising = consumption = climate change

The Limits of Legitimacy

Dissenting Opinions, Media Coverage, and Public Responses to Supreme Court Decisions

By Michael Zilis
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Judicial Politics, Media Studies, Journalism

An exploration of how sensationalist reporting, which emphasizes dissenting opinions and dramatizes complex legal issues, fosters public controversy and influences citizens’ reactions to Supreme Court decisions

Making News at The New York Times

By Nikki Usher
Subjects: Writing, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, New Media
Series: The New Media World

An ethnographic study of The New York Times’ business desk provides a unique vantage point to see the future for news in the digital age

Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel

Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690

By Gerhild Scholz Williams
Subjects: German Studies, History, German History, Media Studies, Journalism, Literary Studies, European Literature

A fascinating and exciting reevaluation of the 17th-century novels of Eberhard Happel

Tomboys, Pretty Boys, and Outspoken Women

The Media Revolution of 1973

By Edward D. Miller
Subjects: Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, T.V. & Radio

The origins of our culture's obessions with reality-based media

Among the Lowest of the Dead

The Culture of Capital Punishment

By David Von Drehle
Subjects: Media Studies, Journalism, Law
Series: Law, Meaning, and Violence

"Perhaps the finest book ever written about capital punishment"
—The Chicago Tribune

Ellery's Protest

How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer

By Stephen D. Solomon
Subjects: History, American History, American Studies, Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, Media Studies, Journalism, Religion, American Religious History

An engrossing story of one of the landmark cases in First Amendment history

A Good Quarrel

America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court

By Jerry Goldman & Timothy R. B. Johnson
Subjects: Law, Supreme Court and Constitutional Law, History, American History, Media Studies, Journalism

The country's top legal reporters comment on and analyze some of the most important oral arguments in recent court history

The Best of Technology Writing 2008

By Clive Thompson
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media, Journalism

The year's best technology writing

The Best of Technology Writing 2007

Edited by Steven Levy
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media, Journalism

The year's best writing on tech: a collection as imaginative and compelling as its dynamic subject

The Best of Technology Writing 2006

Edited by Brendan I. Koerner
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media, Business, Journalism

An innovative collection of writing about the fast-moving, high-stakes field of technology

Category 5

The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane

By Judith A. Howard & Ernest Zebrowski
Subjects: History, American History, Media Studies, Journalism

The epic story of the real victims of a perfect storm—overwhelmingly the poor—left behind in the aftermath of a deadly hurricane

American Prophet

The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams

By Peter Richardson
Subjects: Biography, American Studies, Media Studies, Journalism, History, American History

American Prophet is the long-overdue biography on the brilliant life and career of a great American thinker and writer—Carey McWilliams

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