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Journalistic Authority : Legitimating News in the Digital Era.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231543095
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 071.3
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Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Many Relationships of Journalism -- Part I. Foundations of Journalistic Authority -- 1. Professionalism as Privilege and Distance: Journalistic Identity -- 2. Texts and Textual Authority: Forms of Journalism -- 3. Telling Stories About Themselves: Journalism's Narratives -- Part II. Journalistic Authority in Context -- 4. Recognizing Journalistic Authority: The Public's Opinion -- 5. Legitimating Knowledge Through Knowers: News Sources -- 6. Mediating Authority: The Technologies of Journalism -- 7. Challenging Journalistic Authority: The Role of Media Criticism -- Conclusion: The Politics of Journalistic Authority -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: When we encounter a news story, why do we accept its version of events? Matt Carlson weaves together journalists' relationships with their audiences, sources, technologies, and critics to present a new model for understanding journalism as a relationship while advocating for practices we need in an age of fake news and shifting norms.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Many Relationships of Journalism -- Part I. Foundations of Journalistic Authority -- 1. Professionalism as Privilege and Distance: Journalistic Identity -- 2. Texts and Textual Authority: Forms of Journalism -- 3. Telling Stories About Themselves: Journalism's Narratives -- Part II. Journalistic Authority in Context -- 4. Recognizing Journalistic Authority: The Public's Opinion -- 5. Legitimating Knowledge Through Knowers: News Sources -- 6. Mediating Authority: The Technologies of Journalism -- 7. Challenging Journalistic Authority: The Role of Media Criticism -- Conclusion: The Politics of Journalistic Authority -- Notes -- Index.

When we encounter a news story, why do we accept its version of events? Matt Carlson weaves together journalists' relationships with their audiences, sources, technologies, and critics to present a new model for understanding journalism as a relationship while advocating for practices we need in an age of fake news and shifting norms.

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