Press and Democratic Backsliding

How Journalism Has Failed the Public and How It Can Revive Democracy
Herausgeber: Johnson, Thomas J.; Veenstra, Aaron S.

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Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume argues that journalists and other political communicators have allowed antidemocratic movements in the United States and elsewhere to metastasize within the body politic. It not only seeks to identify and explain these press failures but to recommend new ways forward.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781666957495
• ISBN-10: 1666957496
• Artikelnr.: 69924151

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Johnson is Amon G. Carter Jr. Centennial Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the digital media research program. Aaron S. Veenstra is associate professor and multimedia journalism area coordinator in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: News Production
Chapter 1: Seeing Both Sides: News Photographs of Politicians and the
Normative Challenge of Anti-democratic Partisan Actors
Chapter 2: Cameramen and Congresswomen: How Photojournalists Framed Female
Candidates in the "Year of the Woman"
Part II: The Press and Political Actors
Chapter 3: To Tweet or Not to Tweet: How Lawmakers Engage in Breaking News
Online
Chapter 4: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World: Need for Chaos, Media Reliance, and
Belief in 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories
Part III: Local
Chapter 5: Sheriffs, School Boards, and the Necessity of Pro-Democracy News
in Local Election
Chapter 6: Considering News Poverty and Critical Information Needs in
Appalachia: Historical and Digital Stratification in the Age of Divisive
Politics
Part IV: International
Chapter 7: Cross-national Challenges in the Americas: Confronting
Anti-democratic Efforts with Democracy-focused News Coverage
Chapter 8: The Relative Nexus of Election Coverage, Media Ownership,
Partisanship and Threats to Democracy in Nigeria: Illuminating the Growing
Crisis of Media Democracy
Chapter 9: The B Side of Activism: What Happens When Threats Against
Journalists Affect the Coverage of Democratic Backsliding?
Part V: Solutions
Chapter 10: Reporting on Risk Using Constructive Journalism: The Effects of
Solutions Content and Source in Stories Covering Threats to American
Elections
Chapter 11: News Literacy Is Essential to Democracy
Chapter 12: Prioritizing Public Service in Political News Coverage:
Solidarity Journalism for Democracy