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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Herbert J Gans |
| ISBN: | 0195173279 9780195173277 |
| OCLC Number: | 56647224 |
| Notes: | Originally published, 2003. |
| Description: | xii, 168 p ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Herbert J. Gans. |
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<br>"Gans radiates decency and common sense. Like Tocqueville, he also brings something of the neutral tone of a foreign observer (he arrived in his teens as a refugee), and he is refreshingly free of partisan bias."--Ted Widmer, New York Times Book Review<p><br>"A sober, researched and valuable contribution to the current discussion of the media."--Houston Chronicle<p><br>"The biggest surprise in Herbert Gans' new book isn't his blunt diagnosis of what ails journalism or his fresh, often funky suggestions for reform. The biggest surprise is his challenge to basic assumptions about news and democracy.... Gans is most provocative when challenging our articles of faith, particularly the view that if the press just better informs citizens, then they will become more involved in civic life and democracy will benefit. Gans argues that lack of power is more debilitating to citizens than lack of information.... Gans' assessment of why audiences and journalists seem estranged is perceptive and pertinent, and at least one of his conclusions seems indisputable: 'Journalists cannot function as messengers, ' he reasons, unless the recipients want and need them.'"--American Journalism Review<p><br> Read more...
