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Happy Holidays! If you’re new to this blog, please consider subscribing to my RSS feed.I‘ve been pondering the relationship between journalism and democracy of late, and so too have the academic commenters gathering at the blog of Social Science Research Council boss, Craig Calhoun.
Calhoun asks the question Sam Zell has already answered - What is the […]
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What are the functions of journalism in a democracy? In an article probably drawn from his forthcoming book, Why Democracies Need An Unlovable Press, (order yours now) Michael Schudson gives six:
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As the intellectual battle to provide business models for journalism continues, so that the informed citizen can carry on being - well - informed, I thought you might like to see the latest from my favourite American sociologist Michael Schudson on journalism and democracy.
And whilst I was looking I came across this burst of Schudson wisdom […]
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British writer Nick Davies is an inspiration to a lot of young journalists, and rightly so (you can read more of his writing on social issues here). But now he has moved from covering drugs and criminal justice to report on journalism. And in doing so, he commissioned some research to back up his criticisms […]
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A blog about how we inform ourselves and why: journalism, the media, communications and information
"In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out"
Harold Evans
