The Struggle for the Soul of Journalism
The Pulpit Versus the Press, 1833-1923 (Journalism in Perspective)
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Timothy J Danko
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In this study, Ronald R. Rodgers examines several narratives involving religion’s historical influence on the news ethic of journalism: its decades-long opposition to the Sunday newspaper as a vehicle of modernity that challenged the tradition of the Sabbath; the parallel attempt to create an advertising-driven Christian daily newspaper; and the ways in which religion - especially the powerful Social Gospel movement - pressured the press to become a moral agent. The digital disruption of the news media today has provoked a similar search for a news ethic that reflects a new era - for instance, in the debate about jettisoning the substrate of contemporary mainstream journalism, objectivity. But, Rodgers argues, before we begin to transform journalism’s present news ethic, we need to understand its foundation and formation in the past.
The book is published by University of Missouri Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
©2018 The Curators of the University of Missouri (P)2021 Redwood AudiobooksCritic reviews
"Essential reading for those who want to understand media criticism in the United States." (John Ferré, University of Louisville)
"A truly fascinating prologue to our present." (Michael Sweeney, author of The Military and the Press: An Uneasy Truce)
"Breaks significant new ground in a highly interesting book." (Patrick S. Washburn, professor emeritus, Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism)