Michael Schudson treats soberly and skeptically a great deal of what passes for wisdom about the press in popular opinion, academic research, and journalists own self-understanding. The book s ultimate objective is not to settle controversies involving the press, but to define them and to characterize the role that news institutions play in the formation of modern public consciousness. The Sociology of News is part of the Contemporary Societies series"
- ISBN10 0393975134
- ISBN13 9780393975130
- Publish Date 7 February 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 November 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 261
- Language English