Books Details
Author : Arnold de Beer Pages : 448 pages Publisher : Columbia University Press
Language : ISBN-10 : 0231186436 ISBN-13 : 9780231186438
Books Descriptions
How do journalists around the world view their roles and responsibilities in society?
Based on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 27,500 journalists
in 67 countries, Worlds of Journalism offers a groundbreaking analysis of the different
ways journalists perceive their duties, their relationship to society and government,
and the nature and meaning of their work.Challenging assumptions of a universal
definition or concept of journalism, the book maps a world populated by a rich
diversity of journalistic cultures. Organized around a series of key questions on topics
such as editorial autonomy, journalistic ethics, trust in social institutions, and changes
in the profession, it details how the practice of journalism differs across the world in a
range of political, social, and economic contexts. The book covers how journalism as
an institution is created and re-created by journalists and how they experience their
profession in very different ways, even as they
