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The News in America
This chapter is in the book The News in America

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. CHAPTER ONE. News-Hunger 1
  5. CHAPTER TWO. Feeding the News-Hungry 9
  6. CHAPTER THREE. What's the News? 22
  7. CHAPTER FOUR. News as History 33
  8. CHAPTER FIVE. Speed: The News as Timely Report 41
  9. CHAPTER SIX. News as Sensation 48
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Human-Interest Story As News 58
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT. Objective News versus Qualified Report 67
  12. CHAPTER NINE. Local News 88
  13. CHAPTER TEN. Domestic News and the News Services 97
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN. News of Government 105
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE. Foreign News 122
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. No. 50, Rockefeller Plaza 131
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The “Daily Tribune” Goes to Press 140
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. WZZZ Airs the News 148
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Form of News 156
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. News Controls 173
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. To Lead or to Follow 199
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Responsibilities of the Reader 205
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY. Looking toward the Future 214
  24. NOTES 219
  25. INDEX 227
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674182578.c3

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. CONTENTS ix
  4. CHAPTER ONE. News-Hunger 1
  5. CHAPTER TWO. Feeding the News-Hungry 9
  6. CHAPTER THREE. What's the News? 22
  7. CHAPTER FOUR. News as History 33
  8. CHAPTER FIVE. Speed: The News as Timely Report 41
  9. CHAPTER SIX. News as Sensation 48
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Human-Interest Story As News 58
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT. Objective News versus Qualified Report 67
  12. CHAPTER NINE. Local News 88
  13. CHAPTER TEN. Domestic News and the News Services 97
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN. News of Government 105
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE. Foreign News 122
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. No. 50, Rockefeller Plaza 131
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The “Daily Tribune” Goes to Press 140
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. WZZZ Airs the News 148
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Form of News 156
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. News Controls 173
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. To Lead or to Follow 199
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN. The Responsibilities of the Reader 205
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY. Looking toward the Future 214
  24. NOTES 219
  25. INDEX 227
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