Personal Acknowledgments vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I Where Journalism Came From1 14 or 15 Generations: News as a Cultural Form and Journalism as a Historical Formation 23
2 Walter Lippmann's Ghost: An Interview 31
3 Is Journalism a Profession? Objectivity 1.0, Objectivity 2.0, and Beyond 41
Part II Going Deeper into Contemporary Journalism4 The Danger of Independent Journalism 71
5 Belgium Invades Germany: Reclaiming Non-Fake News - Imperfect, Professional, and Democratic 81
6 Journalism in a Journalized Society: Reflections on Raymond Williams and the "Dramatised Society" 96
7 The Crisis in News: Can You Whistle a Happy Tune? 113
Part III Short Takes on Journalism and Democracy8 Citizenship - According to "The Simpsons" 137
9 The Multiple Political Roles of American Journalism 149
10 Democracy as a Slow Government Movement 167
Part IV Afterword11 Second Thoughts: Schudson on Schudson 181
Notes 195
Michael Schudson is Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.
"This provactive collection of essays by the nation's pre-eminent
scholar of journalism insightfully answers one of the central
questions of our times."
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania
This is a scintillating collection of essays by the western
world's foremost scholar of journalism.
James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London
"One of the most important media scholars of our time, Schudson
approaches the business of making news from a sociological and
historical perspective, offering a new way to think of questions
that bedevil us every day."
Mark Landler, The New York Times
"Why Journalism Still Matters is not only
thought-provoking for fans of Schudson's earlier works, but offers
an opportunity for a wide range of students in political, media or
sociological fields the chance to ponder this unique cultural
intersection."
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