When News Was New

When News Was New
ISBN-10
1405175524
ISBN-13
9781405175524
Category
Social Science
Pages
169
Language
English
Published
2009-04-27
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Terhi Rantanen

Description

When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers. Tracks the evolution of news through history Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader Offers a new way of understanding news in our history and culture

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