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Elements of journalism / Cyrus Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wilmington, Delaware : American Academic Publisher, 2024Description: xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781666870930
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4 T212e
LOC classification:
  • PN4731 .T39 2024
Contents:
Journalism: concept, objective and functions -- Types of journalism -- Development journalism -- Principles of journalism -- Major theories of press -- The freedom, press and democracy -- Reporting for print media -- Editing for print media.
Summary: "Despite being a type of communication, journalism is unique from other types. Since it is a journalist-to-audience one-way communication, it is unique. Since the message isn't the journalist's subjective opinions or personal narrative, it is distinctive. Instead, the journalist serves as a conduit, objectively reporting events as they transpired or are happening based on their observations and learnings. By virtue of a few recognizable traits and practices, journalism can be identified from other activities and products. These characteristics set journalism apart from other types of communication and serve as democratic societies' primary foundation for its necessity. According to history, society tends to have more news and information the more democratic it is. To write for a newspaper or magazine is to practice journalism. Information is conveyed by writing in newspapers and publications. A natural curiosity about a book or novel is present in all people. Journalists can satiate their readers' curiosities by writing about news and current events in newspapers and journals. This book's introduction to journalism in all forms is engaging and reliable. The book's purpose is to illustrate how journalists go about their work while also providing firsthand accounts from individuals who carry it out every day. The communication revolution and evolving views on mass media are both factors in the book's creation." -- Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Journalism: concept, objective and functions -- Types of journalism -- Development journalism -- Principles of journalism -- Major theories of press -- The freedom, press and democracy -- Reporting for print media -- Editing for print media.

"Despite being a type of communication, journalism is unique from other types. Since it is a journalist-to-audience one-way communication, it is unique. Since the message isn't the journalist's subjective opinions or personal narrative, it is distinctive. Instead, the journalist serves as a conduit, objectively reporting events as they transpired or are happening based on their observations and learnings. By virtue of a few recognizable traits and practices, journalism can be identified from other activities and products. These characteristics set journalism apart from other types of communication and serve as democratic societies' primary foundation for its necessity. According to history, society tends to have more news and information the more democratic it is. To write for a newspaper or magazine is to practice journalism. Information is conveyed by writing in newspapers and publications. A natural curiosity about a book or novel is present in all people. Journalists can satiate their readers' curiosities by writing about news and current events in newspapers and journals. This book's introduction to journalism in all forms is engaging and reliable. The book's purpose is to illustrate how journalists go about their work while also providing firsthand accounts from individuals who carry it out every day. The communication revolution and evolving views on mass media are both factors in the book's creation." -- Back cover

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