Contributor
Overholser, Geneva.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.
Descriptionxxvi, 473 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:The Press as an Institution of American Constitutional Democracy / Jaroslav Pelikan -- Presses and Democracies / Daniel C. Hallin and Robert Giles -- American Journalism in Historical Perspective / Michael Schudson and Susan E. Tifft -- The Nature and Sources of News / Robert M. Entman -- Definitions of Journalism / Barbie Zelizer -- The Minority Press : Pleading Our Own Cause / Pamela Newkirk -- Journalism and Democracy across Borders / John Keane -- What Democracy Requires of the Media / James Curran -- The Marketplace of Ideas / Robert Schmuhl and Robert G. Picard -- The Agenda-Setting Function of the Press / Maxwell McCombs -- The Watchdog Role / W. Lance Bennett and William Serrin -- Informing the Public / Thomas Patterson and Philip Seib -- Mobilizing Citizen Participation / Esther Thorson -- Government and the Press: Issues and Trends / Martha Joynt Kumar and Alex Jones -- Public Policy toward the Press: What Government Does For the News Media / Timothy E. Cook -- The First Amendment Tradition and Its Critics / Bruce W. Sanford and Jane E. Kirtley -- Legal Evolution of the Government-News Media Relationship / Jane E. Kirtley -- Communications Regulation in Protecting the Public Interest / Robert B. Horwitz -- Journalism and the Public Interest / Daniel Schorr -- The Military and the Media / William Prochnau -- Money, Media, and the Public Interest / Robert G. Picard -- The Market and the Media / James T. Hamilton -- The Press and the Politics of Representation / Mitchell Stephens and David T. Z. Mindich -- The Legacy of Autonomy in American Journalism / Theodore L. Glasser and Marc Gunther -- What Kind of Journalism Does the Public Need? / Carolyn Marvin and Philip Meyer -- The Future of News, The Future of Journalism / John Carey and Nancy Hicks Maynard.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
