Description

American journalists have been classified as narcissistic, power-oriented extroverts who “move in a world of excitement, variety, stimulation and quick-gratification.” Does this vain description of America’s storytellers hold true to actual journalists working in the broadcast newsroom? This book challenges popular images of a unique species, the journalist, by analyzing broadcast journalists in twenty-nine broadcast newsrooms in Ohio, a Midwestern state of the United States. Researchers such as Everette Dennis of the Freedom Forum Media Center argue that “if who American journalists are influences, shapes, and biases the news, we should care very much about the current inventory of these species.” Over the past century, journalists have been labeled, classified, and categorized. But do the pre-conceptualized labels hold true to actual journalists working in the field or are the stereotypes a distant cry from the truth.

Author: Muse, Katherine

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 3639172302
Language: English
Pages: 68