Taking their political place

Dooley explores the transformation of journalism, examining how journalists established occupational boundaries separating their work from that of politicians. She focuses on how an occupational group that had been inseparable from party politics early in the 19th century grew to be seen by many in society as more distant and independent from parties by the end of the century and became accepted as the citizenry's primary provider of political news and editorial opinion. This study of how journalists established occupational boundaries will be of interest to scholars and researchers of journalism history, political communication, and the sociology of work.

First sentence: If asked today to answer the question "Who is responsible for the provision of political news?" most Americans would have no trouble thinking of an answer.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

Praeger Paperback

Editions

1

Pages

184

ISBN

9780275971038

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