What is journalism : the art and politics of a rupture / Chris Nash.

Author
Nash, Chris [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xiii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    This book argues that journalism should treat itself as an academic discipline on a par with history, geography and sociology, and as an art form in its own right. Time, space, social relations and imagination are intrinsic to journalism. Chris Nash takes the major flaws attributed to journalism by its critics--a crude empiricism driven by an un-reflexive 'news sense'; a narrow focus on a de-contextualised, transient present; and a too intimate familiarity with powerful sources--and treats them as methodological challenges. Drawing on the conceptual frameworks of Pierre Bourdieu, David Harvey, Henri Lefebvre, Michel-Rolph Trouillot and Gaye Tuchman, he explores the ways in which rigorous journalism practice can be theorised to meet these challenges.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1.The case for a rupture
    • 2.Hans Haacke
    • 3.I.F. Stone
    • 4.Space, geography and journalism
    • 5.Time, history and journalism
    • 6.News sense, sources, sociology and journalism
    • 7.Art and journalism
    • 8.Accountability, silences and journalism .
    ISBN
    • 9781137399335
    • 1137399333
    • 1137399341
    • 9781137399342
    LCCN
    2016948416
    OCLC
    945949163
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