This instructive and entertaining social history of American newspapers shows that the very idea of impartial, objective news" was the social product of the democratization of political, economic, and social life in the nineteenth century. Professor Schudson analyzes the shifts in reportorial style over the years and explains why the belief among journalists and readers alike that newspapers must be objective still lives on.
- ISBN10 0465016669
- ISBN13 9780465016662
- Publish Date 13 February 1981 (first published 12 December 1978)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 240
- Language English