Journalism at the End of the American Century, 1965-Present McPherson, James Brian

McPherson captures the best and worst aspects of American journalism since 1965. The press has evolved into a conglomeration of entities, that today can be described as pervasive, entertaining, and justifiably mistrusted. In some ways, today's press offers the best journalism Americans have ever seen. In other ways, the modern news media fall short of the ideals held by most of those who care about journalism, and far short of the promise they once seemed to offer in terms of helping create an enlightened democracy. Neither a paean to the press nor an exercise in media bashing, this book finds much to criticize and to praise about recent American journalism, while illustrating that traditional journalistic values have diminished in importance -- not just for many of those who control the media, but also for the media consumers who most need good journalism.

DOI: 10.1336/0313317801 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM1780.aspx

Journalism at the End of the American Century, 1965-Present Series: The History of American Journalism Hardback, 256 pages, $139.95 Copyright ©2006, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-313-31780-1 DOI: 10.1336/0313317801

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