Journalism Today: A Themed History

Preface: How To Use the Book and Summary of Sections viii

Acknowledgments xiv

Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of History: Why Bother With It ? 1

Part I: Journalism and Democracy: A Sibling Rivalry? 13

1 A Right To Know 15

Résumé: Walter Lippmann 19

Résumés: The Founding Fathers 23

FactFile: The Development of Rights and Liberties 26

2 The Road Not Taken 30

Résumé: Tom Paine 35

FactFile: Anthony Haswell and Freedom of the Press 38

Résumé: Edward Smith Hall – An Australian Pioneer 41

FactFile: Habermas and the Changing Public Sphere 44

FactFile: The Lincoln–Douglas Debates 48

3 Digging the Dirt 55

Résumé: Lincoln Steffens 59

Résumé: S. S. McClure 60

Résumé: John Dewey 66

Résumé: Henry Luce 70

4 Spinning a Good Yarn and Developing Community 75

FactFile: The Pseudo-Event 82

Résumé: Ivy Lee 85

Résumé: Edward Bernays 86

FactFile: Neoliberalism’s Threat to Community 88

Part II: Technology, Work, and Business: Is Journalism More Than Just a Job? 97

5 Changing Roles in a Changing World 99

FactFile: The Cold Type Revolution 101

Résumé: Lord Beaverbrook 104

Résumé: Charles Dana 107

Résumé: William Cobbett 110

Résumé: John Stuart Mill 111

6 A New Journalism For A New Age 120

Résumé: Joseph Pulitzer 121

Résumé: Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe 123

Résumé: E. L. Godkin 126

FactFile: Appeal to Reason 132

FactFile: Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil 134

7 He Who Pays The Piper 140

FactFile: Advertising, Class, and the Daily Herald 142

FactFile: Forza Italia 143

FactFile: The Broadcast Reform Movement, 1928-35 149

FactFile: Edward R. Murrow and See It Now 151

8 A Power Worth Fighting For 160

FactFile: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation 162

FactFile: Cable News Network and the "CNN Effect" 164

Part III: Ethics: A Matter of Judgment? 173

9 Private and Confidential? 175

FactFile: Privacy Codes in the United States 183

FactFile: Privacy Codes in Great Britain 185

10 Fakes, Rakes, and "On The Take" 200

FactFile: Faking It 210

Part IV: Audience: Citizen Consumer or Consumer Citizen? 219

11 Finding an Audience 221

FactFile: News Values 225

FactFile: Joe and Jolene Sixpack 231

Résumé: George Newnes 239

Résumé: C. P. Scott and the Manchester Guardian 242

12 How Audiences Rewrote the Script 247

FactFile: La Fronde 253

FactFile: Le Petit Journal 256

FactFile: Audience Reaction to W. T. Stead's "Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" 265

13 Watching and Listening 272

FactFile: Leo Lowenthal and Celebrity "Idols" 276

FactFile: Measuring the Audience 281

Résumé: Marshall McLuhan 286

Part V: Conclusion: A Future History 297

14 Paper Tigers? 299

Résumé: Paul Julius Reuter 303

FactFile: The "Net Benefit to Canada" Test 306

Index 317