Homer Bigart and the Great Age of American Newspapers
In the decades between the Great Depression and the advent of cable television, when daily newspapers set the conversational agenda in the United States, the best reporter in the business was a rumpled, hard-drinking figure named Homer Bigart. Despite two Pulitzers and a host of other prizes, he quickly faded from public view after retirement. Few ......
This current and comprehensive overview of global media developments discusses key concepts like freedom, journalism ethics and education, news cultures, and international news flow. With timely case studies, the book offers a foundation for today's journalism students learning about the practice, growth, and impact of global journalism. .
This current and comprehensive overview of global media developments discusses key concepts like freedom, journalism ethics and education, news cultures, and international news flow. With timely case studies, the book offers a foundation for today's journalism students learning about the practice, growth, and impact of global journalism. .
What makes a man, within his own cultureBringing together an array of interdisciplinary voices, Global Masculinities and Manhood examines the concept of masculinity from the perspectives of cultures around the world. In the era of globalisation, masculinity continues to be studied in a Western-centric context. Contributors to this volume, however, ......
A timely portrait of international perceptions and media coverage of the United States, this collection reveals the global effects of the tumultuous environments and controversial views of Donald Trump's presidency. Over thirty scholars, including Noam Chomsky, present research on 20 countries.
This book offers a unique cross-cultural approach that interprets and helps students to understand the image of the USA and its current President, Donald Trump through the eyes of politicians, media personalities and ordinary people across the globe. Unmatched, it will also provide a valuable and much-needed global perspective of the USA.
The interlocking roles of media, marketplace, and sustainabilityFrom organic produce and clothing to socially conscious investing and eco-tourism, the lifestyles of health and sustainability, or LOHAS, movement encompasses diverse products and practices intended to contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle for people and the planet. In The Gospel ......
How Sensational Images Transformed Nineteenth-Century Journalism
"You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war." This famous but apocryphal quote, long attributed to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, encapsulates fears of the lengths to which news companies would go to exploit visual journalism in the late nineteenth century. From 1870 to 1900, newspapers disrupted conventional ......
How Sensational Images Transformed Nineteenth-Century Journalism
"You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war." This famous but apocryphal quote, long attributed to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, encapsulates fears of the lengths to which news companies would go to exploit visual journalism in the late nineteenth century. From 1870 to 1900, newspapers disrupted conventional ......
