Journalism

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The Terrorism News Beat

Professionalism, Profit, and the Press

Revealing the journalistic quality of terrorism coverage in U.S. news

Assault on the Media

The Nixon Years

New and expanded edition, Updated with Analysis of 21st Century Threats to Democracy

Taking a 21st century look at the lasting effects of Nixon-era attacks on journalism

Destination Detroit

Discourses on the Refugee in a Post-Industrial City

A revealing analysis of how interest groups shape conversations about refugees in Metro Detroit

The Currency of Truth

Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era

Explores the complex interpersonal networks and differing ethical standpoints that shape the news in China

Democracy's News

A Primer on Journalism for Citizens Who Care about Democracy

How a free press can unite America

Media Reform and the Climate Emergency

Rethinking Communication in the Struggle for a Sustainable Future

Advertising = consumption = climate change

The Limits of Legitimacy

Dissenting Opinions, Media Coverage, and Public Responses to Supreme Court Decisions

An exploration of how sensationalist reporting, which emphasizes dissenting opinions and dramatizes complex legal issues, fosters public controversy and influences citizens’ reactions to Supreme Court decisions

Making News at The New York Times

An ethnographic study of The New York Times’ business desk provides a unique vantage point to see the future for news in the digital age

Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel

Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690

A fascinating and exciting reevaluation of the 17th-century novels of Eberhard Happel

Tomboys, Pretty Boys, and Outspoken Women

The Media Revolution of 1973

The origins of our culture's obessions with reality-based media

Among the Lowest of the Dead

The Culture of Capital Punishment

"Perhaps the finest book ever written about capital punishment"
The Chicago Tribune

Ellery's Protest

How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle over School Prayer

An engrossing story of one of the landmark cases in First Amendment history

A Good Quarrel

America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court

The country's top legal reporters comment on and analyze some of the most important oral arguments in recent court history

The Best of Technology Writing 2008

The year's best technology writing

The Best of Technology Writing 2007

The year's best writing on tech: a collection as imaginative and compelling as its dynamic subject

The Best of Technology Writing 2006

An innovative collection of writing about the fast-moving, high-stakes field of technology

Category 5

The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane

The epic story of the real victims of a perfect storm—overwhelmingly the poor—left behind in the aftermath of a deadly hurricane

American Prophet

The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams

American Prophet is the long-overdue biography on the brilliant life and career of a great American thinker and writer—Carey McWilliams