Historical Dictionary of Journalism

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Historical Dictionary of Journalism

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This book covers the history of journalism as an institutionalized form of discourse from the acta diurna in ancient Rome to the news aggregators of the 21st century. It traces how journalism gradually distinguished itself from chronicles, history, and the novel in conjunction with the evolution of news media from news pamphlets, newsletters, and newspapers through radio, film, and television to multimedia digital news platforms like Google News.
Historical Dictionary of Journalism, Second Edition covers 46 countries, it contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, the dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on a wide array of topics such as African-American journalism, the historiography of the field, the New Journalism, and women in journalism. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about journalism.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword, by Jon Woronoff
Preface
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Authors

Product details

Published 15 Apr 2021
Format Hardback
Edition 2nd
Extent 520
ISBN 9781538125038
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 1 table
Dimensions 227 x 164 mm
Series Historical Dictionaries of Professions and Industries
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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