Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly back issues from October 2000:
An editorial comment
Oct 01, 2000; ... In the aftermath of the 2000 Presidential election, scholars will be pondering how to use our research skills to understand the role and impact of media coverage. Such research surely will take a variety of forms. As a curious citizen, an educator, and as an editor of a scholarly journal, I'd ...
The rural-urban digital divide
Oct 01, 2000; ... This study used national survey data to determine whether the "digital divide" between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan populations was widening. The findings showed that one's income, age, and education were more closely associated with the use of information technologies than was geographical ...
Making local news: A holistic analysis of sources, selection criteria, and topics
Oct 01, 2000; ... TV news has great potential to influence our day-to-day decisions and to cultivate our perceptions of what issues and events are important in society. Consequently, this holistic field study analyzes the sources, topics, and selection criteria that frame the perceptions viewers glean from one ...
The Big Chill: Investigative Reporting in the Current Media Environment
Oct 01, 2000; ... The Big Chill: Investigative Reporting in the Current Media Environment, Marilyn Greenwald and Joseph Bernt, eds. Ames, IA: Iowa State University, 2000. 244 pp. $49.95 hbk. For anyone interested in the sorry state of investigative reporting today, this book provides a multitude of ...
Big Voices of the Air: The Battle Over Clear Channel Radio
Oct 01, 2000; ... Big Voices of the Air: The Battle Over Clear Channel Radio. James C. Foust Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2000. 249 pp. $49.95 hbk. This book is a strong addition to extant broadcasting history research. From his extensive archival investigation, the author thoroughly and ...
Covering Iowa: The History of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1849-1985
Oct 01, 2000; ... Covering Iowa: The History of the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, 1849-1985. William B. Friedricks. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2000.318 pp. $49.95 hbk. Covering Iowa attempts to cover the entire history of the Des Moines Register and its predecessors, with several ...
E.W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers
Oct 01, 2000; ... E.W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers. Gerald J. Baldasty. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999. 232 pp. $42.50 hbk. $16.95 pbk. Edward Willis Scripps is credited with building the first newspaper chain and developing the business of modern journalism. His methods ...
The Golden Age of the Newspaper
Oct 01, 2000; ... The Golden Age ofthe Newspaper. George H. Douglas. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. 300 pp. $45 hbk. George Douglas cautions in the introduction to his book that he has not written a formal history of the U.S. newspaper industry's "golden age" between 1830 and 1930, but a people's ...
Historical Dictionary of Political Communication in the United States
Oct 01, 2000; ... Historical Dictionary of Political Communication in the United States. Guido H. Stempel III and Jacqueline Nash Gifford, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. 171 pp. $69.50 hbk. This dictionary, according to its introduction, describes the people, organizations, events, and ideas ...
Holding the Media Accountable: Citizens, Ethics and the Law
Oct 01, 2000; ... Holding the Media Accountable: Citizens, Ethics and the Law. David Pritchard, ed. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000. 210 pp. $39.95 hbk. $16.95 pbk. This edited volume of research, primarily in the form of case studies of midwestern media in the mid- to late-1980s, ...
In the News: American Journalists View Their Craft
Oct 01, 2000; ... In the News: American Journalists View Their Craft. Jerry W. Knudson. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2000. 291 pp. $18.95 pbk. Jerry Knudson's book, In the News: American Journalists View Their Craft, is offered as a supplementary text for mass communication history courses. The book is ...
The Manship School Guide to Political Communication
Oct 01, 2000; ... The Manship School Guide to Political Communication. David D. Perlmutter, ed. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1999. 344 pp. $49.95 hbk. $24.95 pbk. The Washington Post National Weekly Edition recently featured on its front page two string puppets arguing with each ...
Provocateur: Images of Women and Minorities in Advertising
Oct 01, 2000; ... Provocateur: Images of Women and Minorities in Advertising. Anthony J. Cortese. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 1999. 161 pp. $24.95 pbk. Cultural, ethnic, and gender images, particularly in advertising, according to Anthony J. Cortese, an associate professor of ...
South Africa and the International Media: 1972-1979. A Struggle for Representation
Oct 01, 2000; ... South Africa and the International Media: 1972 -1979. A Struggle for Representation. James Sanders. London: Frank Cass, 1999. 270 pp. $57.50 hbk. $26.50 pbk. Teaching an undergraduate course on "media and society" and a graduate course on the "media and South Africa" during the ...
Speaking Into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication
Oct 01, 2000; ... Speaking Into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication. John Durham Peters. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. 293 pp. $26 hbk. $16 pbk. The primal fear of cosmic loneliness can strike at any time. How can we know whether other people have thoughts, emotions, and ...
Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Right Radio
Oct 01, 2000; ... Stations of the Cross: Adorno and Christian Right Radio. Paul Apostolidis. Durham, NC: Duke, 2000. 273 pp. $54.95 hbk. $18.95 pbk. Apostolidis, in Stations of the Cross, calls attention to both the power of the Christian media, in this case Focus on the Family, and to the failure of the ...
Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy
Oct 01, 2000; ... Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy. Silvio Waisbord. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2000. 282pp. $18.50 pbk. From Mexico to Argentina, Latin American journalism has improved substantially during the last decades. All over the hemisphere, ...
White News: Why Local News Programs Don't Cover People of Color
Oct 01, 2000; ... White News: Why Local News Programs Don't Cover People of Color. Don Heider, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2000. 116 pp. When educators and journalists discuss newsroom diversity, the talk and walk too often have tended to focus on preparation and placement of people of ...