Barbie Zelizer

How the Cold War Broke the News (eBook, ePUB)

The Surprising Roots of Journalism's Decline

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Most of us would agree that American journalism has problems. Rushed reporting and thin coverage. Timidity in the face of adversity. Polarized perspectives and euphemistic language. Groupthink about complicated events.

While much blame has been levelled at big tech, Barbie Zelizer traces the decline of American journalism to the Cold War. She makes the bold claim that Cold War-era practices are to blame for the state of journalism today, undermining a once trusted media environment. This groundbreaking book shows how journalism's current problems can be traced back to customs developed over half a century ago and demonstrates how they've continued to upend journalism, journalists and the news ever since.

We all need a news environment that works. This book tells us why it doesn't and offers a plan to make it better. If our news is better, so is our democracy. And, if our democracy is better, we may be too.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 343
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509566396
• Artikelnr.: 75990617

Autorenporträt

Barbie Zelizer is Raymond Williams Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Where It Began               
Chapter One: How It Took Hold               
Chapter Two: Enmity, Then and Now              
Chapter Three: Invisibility, Then and Now             
Chapter Four: Outreach, Then and Now            
Conclusion: Why It Needs To End
Endnotes