Allsop

What Is Journalism For?

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Buch. Softcover

2025

180 S. 12 s/w-Abbildungen.

In englischer Sprache

Bristol University Press. ISBN 978-1-5292-3855-6

Format (B x L): 12,7 x 20,3 cm

Produktbeschreibung

What is at stake when journalism is threatened? Does society still need journalists?

Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world: economic decline, online disinformation, the rise of AI, authoritarian curbs on freedom of the press, and violence against journalists. In such a climate, it’s more urgent than ever to ask what journalism is for.

Drawing on his experience as a journalist and media commentator, and on interviews with journalists from the US to Myanmar, Jon Allsop examines key concepts that constitute journalism’s role: good judgement, concern for truth and critical scrutiny of one or more communities.

Along the way, he also considers the relationship between journalism and activism; whether journalists should aspire to change the world and whether they can be seen as champions of democracy.