When News Was New

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When News Was New

Terhi Rantanen

Description

When News was New investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments--from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers.

Tracks the evolution of news through history
Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters
Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader
Offers a new way of understanding news in our history and culture

About the Author

Terhi Rantanen is Professor and Director of the Master's Proframme in Global Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has published extensively on global news and is the author of six books and more than fifty chapters and articles published in the UK, the USA, Austria, Finland, Russia, Sweden and Taiwan.

Features

Tracks the evolution of news through history
Explores the regular reconstruction of news, the salability of news, and whether objectivity matters
Provides an innovative approach to the history of news; clear, succinct writing; and effective use of photographs, maps, and tables which have strong appeal to the student reader
Offers a new way of understanding news in our history and culture

To Purchase this product, please visit

https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-ca/When+News+Was+New-p-9781405175517