Journalism Studies

Not Exactly Lying

Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History Andie Tucher

From fibs in America’s first newspaper about royal incest to social-media-driven conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s birthplace, Andie Tucher explores how American audiences have argued over what’s real and what’s not- and why that matters for democracy.

$28.00 / £22.00 paper 978-0-231-18635-3 $115.00 / £90.00 cloth 978-0-231-18634-6 2022 384 pages 9 illus. Information Security Essentials

A Guide for Reporters, Editors, and Newsroom Leaders Susan E. McGregor

This book is an essential guide to protecting news writers, sources, and organizations in the digital era. Susan E. McGregor provides a systematic understanding of the key technical, legal, and conceptual issues that anyone teaching, studying, or practicing journalism should know.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-19233-0 $120.00 / £100.00 cloth 978-0-231-19232-3 2021 232 pages 4 illus.

News for the Rich, White, and Blue

How Place and Power Distort American Journalism Nikki Usher

In News for the Rich, White, and Blue, Nikki Usher recasts the challenges facing journalism in terms of place, power, and inequality. Drawing on more than a decade of field research, she illuminates how journalists decide what becomes news and how news organizations strategize about the future.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-18467-0 $120.00 / £100.00 cloth 978-0-231-18466-3 2021 376 pages 14 illus. Computing the News

Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity Sylvain Parasie

Sylvain Parasie examines how data journalists and news organizations have navigated the tensions between traditional journalistic values and new technologies. Offering an in-depth analysis of how computing has become part of the daily practices of journalists, this book proposes ways for journalism to evolve in order to serve democratic societies.

$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-19977-3 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-19976-6 October 2022 288 pages

Media Capture

How Money, Digital Platforms, and Governments Control the News Edited by Anya Schiffrin

Media Capture features pathbreaking analysis from journalists and academics on the changing nature and peril of media capture—how formerly independent institutions fall under the sway of governments, plutocrats, and corporations. Contributors consider diverse cases of media capture worldwide, many drawn from firsthand experience.

$30.00 / £24.00 paper 978-0-231-18883-8 $120.00 / £93.00 cloth 978-0-231-18882-1 2021 328 pages The Best American Magazine Writing 2021

Edited by Sid Holt for the American Society of Magazine Editors Introduction by Clara Jeffery, editor in chief of Mother Jones

The Best American Magazine Writing 2021 presents outstanding journalism and commentary that reckon with urgent topics, including COVID-19 and entrenched racial inequality.

$19.95 / £14.99 paper 978-0-231-19803-5 2022 544 pages

Regardless of Frontiers

Global Freedom of Expression in a Troubled World Edited by Lee C. Bollinger and Agnes Callamard

Regardless of Frontiers brings together leading experts from a variety of fields to critically evaluate the extent to which global norms on freedom of expression and information have been established and are being challenged from the rise of populism and authoritarian governments to the profound disruption introduced by the internet.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-19699-4 $95.00 / £74.00 cloth 978-0-231-19698-7 2021 440 pages Newsmakers

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Journalism Francesco Marconi

Will the use of artificial intelligence, algorithms, and smart machines be the end of journalism as we know it—or its savior? Francesco Marconi, who has led the development of AI at the Associated Press and Wall Street Journal, offers a new perspective on the potential of these technologies.

$28.00 / £22.00 paper 978-0-231-19137-1 $85.00 / £70.00 cloth 978-0-231-19136-4 2020 216 pages 25 illus.