A Force for Good: How the American News Media Have Propelled Positive Change

by Rodger Streitmatter

Book Overview

America's news media are relentlessly criticized as too negative, sensationalistic, profit-oriented, and biased, not to mention unpatriotic and a miserable failure at reflecting the nation's diversity. Rodger Streitmatter makes clear that although much of the criticism is deserved, it obscures the fact that news outlets have also made-and continue to make-many positive contributions to the country's well-being. A Force for Good: How the American News...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442245115
• ISBN13: 9781442245112
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary