The power of news /
Michael Schudson.
- 1st ed
- 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.
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Television broadcasting of news--United States. American newspapers. Reporters and reporting--United States.