A collection of the author's essays and research articles previously published between 1982 and the present; the extensive introductory chapter is published here for the first time
English Book
The power of news
Michael Schudson
Cambridge, Mass
.Harvard University Press
1995
269 p. ;25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]&-256) and index
Introduction, News as public knowledge -- Three hundred years of the American newspaper -- The politics of narrative form -- Question authority : a history of the news interview -- What is a reporter? -- Trout or hamburger : politics and telemythology -- The illusion of Ronald Reagan's popularity with Elliot King -- Watergate and the press -- National news culture and the informational citizen -- Was there ever a public sphere? -- The news media and the democratic process.