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Mayer, Martin
by Making News: The People, the Industry, the Influence of the News
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0385189834
- ISBN 13
- 9780385189835
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About This Item
Garden City. 1987. April 1987. Doubleday. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0385189834. 348 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. keywords: Journalism Politics America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - From CNN's live coverage of the Gulf War to televised images of the Soviet Union's collapse,the news has a profound effect on how we perceive and respond to world events. Acclaimed investigative journalist Martin Mayer helps us understand the evolution of today's major news organizations,how they operate and their pervasive influence on our lives. Now available in an updated,paperback edition,Making News is a vivid,comprehensive exploration of the news industry. A veteran reporter,Mayer tells an insider's story of the history,goals,and current operations of the print and broadcast media. He cites disturbing trends in the way mainstream broadcast news organizations cover events,from the irresponsible use of spin-controllers to the blurred boundaries between entertainment and news. He offers fresh analyses of such controversial subjects as the reporting on the Gulf War,the coverage of the Clarence Thomas hearings,and the coverage of recent banking debacles-the S&L disaster,Banca Nazionale del Lavoro,and BCCI. inventory #16533 ISBN: 0385189834.
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- Bookseller
- Zeno's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16533
- Title
- Mayer, Martin
- Author
- Making News: The People, the Industry, the Influence of the News
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385189834
- ISBN 13
- 9780385189835
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1987
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