The Power of News

By Michael Schudson

Book Overview

News is seen by some parties as being simply a form of information, mirroring the world, whereas others believe it is a form of propaganda, promoting a partisan view. Michael Schudson believes that news is really both and neither; it is a form of culture, complete with its own literary and social conventions and powerful in ways more subtle and complex than may be expected. This text examines the news media's emergence as a central institution of modern American society, a key repository of common knowledge and cultural authority.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674695860
• ISBN13: 9780674695863
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.5"