Normal view
MARC view
A history of news / by Mitchell Stephens.
Publication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2007.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxvii, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0195189914
- 9780195189919 (alk. paper)
- PN4731 .S686 2007
Contents:
1. Why news?-The thursty desyer that all our kynde hath to know -- 2. News in preliterate societies-In the ordinary way -- 3. The survival of spoken news-Publishing the whisper of the day -- 4. News and literacy-The first story that comes to hand -- 5. News and empire-The thought stream of the group mind -- 6. Controlling the news-The undeceiving of the people -- 7. Human interests (Fait divers)-Such a deal of wonder -- 8. The logic of news (Faits Isolés)-People biting dogs -- 9. The first newspapers-Expecting the news -- 10. The power of the periodical-Domesticating news -- 11. News and revolution-A junction of all the people -- 12. Mass circulation-For all -- 13. Before reporting-No data by which we can correctly reason -- 14. The development of reporting-The journalistic method -- 15. New technologies-Improved means to an unimproved end -- 16. The information explosion-A surfeit of data
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN 4731 .S686 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 251756 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-342) and index.
1. Why news?-The thursty desyer that all our kynde hath to know -- 2. News in preliterate societies-In the ordinary way -- 3. The survival of spoken news-Publishing the whisper of the day -- 4. News and literacy-The first story that comes to hand -- 5. News and empire-The thought stream of the group mind -- 6. Controlling the news-The undeceiving of the people -- 7. Human interests (Fait divers)-Such a deal of wonder -- 8. The logic of news (Faits Isolés)-People biting dogs -- 9. The first newspapers-Expecting the news -- 10. The power of the periodical-Domesticating news -- 11. News and revolution-A junction of all the people -- 12. Mass circulation-For all -- 13. Before reporting-No data by which we can correctly reason -- 14. The development of reporting-The journalistic method -- 15. New technologies-Improved means to an unimproved end -- 16. The information explosion-A surfeit of data
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