Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism
The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism
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- Paperback
233 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2013
Summary
As the journalist Walter Lippmann noted nearly a century ago, democracy falters “if there is no steady supply of trustworthy and relevant news.” Today’s journalists are not providing it. Too often, reporters give equal weight to facts and biased opinion, stir up small controversies, and substitute infotainment for real news. Even when they get the facts rights, they often misjudge the context in which they belong.
Information is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy. Public opinion and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345806604 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345806603 |
| Author: | Thomas E. Patterson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 233 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 353g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“No one has studied the press and the woeful state of public knowledge more carefully than Patterson. In this important new work, he moves from analysis to recommendation, proposing a new model for a press that actually lives up to its democratic potential.” -Clay Shirky, Associate Professor Journalism, New York University and author of Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age “Patterson delivers an impressive evaluation of a crisis he identifies as just as bad, if not worse, than that associated with the ‘yellow journalism’ of the early 1900s… . A well-organized and detailed book that underlines the need for remedial policy action and effective oversight.” –Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Thomas E. Patterson
Thomas E. Patterson is the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He previously held the position of distinguished professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University.
Raised in a small Minnesota town near the Iowa and South Dakota borders, he was educated at South Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1971.
Currently, he directs the “Vanishing Voter” study at the Kennedy School of Government, a project that has seen extensive use in media and on college campuses.
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