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The shadow world : life between the news media and reality
- Title
- The shadow world : life between the news media and reality / Jim Willis.
- Author
- Willis, Jim, 1946 March 19-
- Publication
- New York : Praeger, 1991.
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Details
- Description
- 260 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Jim Willis examines the factors that contribute to the journalist's often faulty perception of reality, factors that are beyond the immediate control of the reporter. These include errant sources, competitive influences, the embedding process of storytelling, marketing's influence on the news, and the structure of news stories.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [251]-253.
- Contents
- The tough task of reporting -- Setting the stage for the shadow world -- Objectivity from the yellow kid to John Tower -- From Hitler to Gorbachev : questions of alertness -- Asleep on NASA, HUD, and the EPA -- Competition's legacy : Billygate and a Reagan-Ford ticket -- Is there a specialist in the house? -- The cult of secrecy, the breadth of lies -- Public reaction to the shadow world -- From shadows to substance.
- ISBN
- 0275934241
- 9780275934248
- 027593425X
- 9780275934255
- LCCN
- 90040802
- OCLC
- ocm21971451
- 21971451
- SCSB-1906397
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library