The Conversation of Journalism: Communication, Community, and News

By Rob Anderson, Robert Dardenne, George M. Killenberg

Book Overview

Arguing in the first book-length exploration of a conversational and dialogic model for journalism that accurately reporting the news is a surprisingly limiting if not disabling mission, the authors draw optimistically on past strengths of the media, especially print journalism, to reform and redefine a more ecumenical, constructive, participative, and democratically responsive role for journalism's institutional future. The book's scope is wide, and it includes many current trends: minority voices, contextualizing the news, providing interactive community forums, reconciling informational and entertainment functions, creating public opinion, and understanding the nature of bias.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275956741
• ISBN13: 9780275956745
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"