Contents
Preface
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The Democratization of the News: The Internet and the Rise of Citizen Journalism
Editor’s Introduction
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1. Express Yourself. Thomas Kunkel. American Journalism Review. 6
2. The Bigger Tent. Ann Cooper. Columbia Journalism Review.
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3. We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People.
Dan Gillmor. Excerpted from We the Media.
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4. Why Everybody Is a Reporter. Allison Romano.
Broadcasting & Cable.
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5. The Next Big Thing in Journalism. John A. Byrne.
Christian Science Monitor.
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6. A Blogger Says: Save the MSM! Kevin Drum. Mother Jones.
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7. Future Imperfect. Alex Beam. The Boston Globe.
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8. The Changing Information Cycle. Greg R. Notess.
Online (Weston, Conn.).
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9. The Rise of the Citizen Journalist. Kenton Good. Feliciter.
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II The Newspaper Crisis: Print Media in the Crosshairs
Editor’s Introduction
1. How to Save Your Newspaper. Walter Isaacson. Time.
2. Extra! Extra! The Future of Newspapers. Michael Kinsley. Slate.
3. Hunkering Down. Beth Macy. American Journalism Review.
4. Is There Life After Newspapers? Robert Hodierne.
American Journalism Review.
5. When a Newspaper Falls in the Forest . . . Robin Peek.
Information Today.
6. Self-Inflicted Wounds. John Morton. American Journalism Review.
III Media Bias: The Politics of Journalism
Editor’s Introduction
1. The Bias Wars. Joe Strupp. Editor & Publisher.
2. In the Tank? Paul Farhi. American Journalism Review.
3. The Myth Of Objectivity. Evan Thomas. Newsweek.
4. Red Media, Blue Media. Shanto Iyengar and Richard Morin.
The Washington Post. 5. Public Sees Media Bias. Ted J. Smith III. The American.
6. The Story Behind the Story. Mark Bowden. Atlantic Monthly.
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the news and its future
IV The 24-Hour News Cycle: The Cable News Effect
Editor’s Introduction
1. Cable’s Clout. Paul Farhi. American Journalism Review.
2. A Day in the Life of the Media. The Project for Excellence in
Journalism (PEJ). From “The State of the News Media, 2006.”
3. Our Opinion: Accuracy the Victim of 24-hour News Cycle.
Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Tex.).
4. Cable News Divides to Conquer. Cynthia Littleton and
Michael Learmonth. Variety.
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Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts
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Index