Can Journalism be Saved?: Rediscovering America's Appetite for News
- ISBN-10
- 0313392080
- ISBN-13
- 9780313392085
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 167
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Rachel Davis Mersey
Description
This book challenges the once-dominant social responsibility model and argues that a new, "individual-first" paradigm is what will allow journalism to survive in today's crowded media marketplace. * Presents a chronological review of the top-down influence model, the timeline of the evolution of the definition of news, and the historical development of social responsibility of the press * Contains helpful illustrations of the proposed new models of journalism * Bibliography of academic and professional materials related to the state of the news media * Index of important institutions including nameplate news organizations, influential companies (e.g., Apple and Google), theoretical frameworks, media owners, and media startups
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